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Bontoc climate by month
What the weather is like
Bontoc has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,318 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (297 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (110 mm, 20 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in April to 64% in July.
The sea reaches about 30° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Manila, the capital, Bontoc is 0.6° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · May
- Coldest nights
- 23° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 32% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 31 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 289 mm | 198 mm | 168 mm | 110 mm | 110 mm | 152 mm | 179 mm | 174 mm | 193 mm | 201 mm | 247 mm | 297 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 27.2 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 19.8 | 22.8 | 26 | 24.2 | 23 | 24.7 | 28.5 | 27.7 | 29.3 |
| Cloud cover | 48% | 43% | 35% | 32% | 44% | 60% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 56% | 53% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 35 | 11h 48 | 12h 03 | 12h 21 | 12h 36 | 12h 43 | 12h 41 | 12h 28 | 12h 12 | 11h 55 | 11h 39 | 11h 31 |
| Month score | 46 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 43 |