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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Botolan

Botolan climate by month

Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,857 mm242 wet days a year
15.29° N, 120.02° EElevation 15 mUTC+8 · Philippine Standard Time
When to goBotolan · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec40October
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low29° / 25°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Botolan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .

The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 32° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 3,857 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (884 mm, 30 wet days) and January the driest (7 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in March to 73% in August.

The sea reaches about 30° in May. 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, Botolan is 1° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
32° · April
Coldest nights
23° · January
Wettest month
July
Driest month
January
Clearest skies
March · 19% cloud
Warmest sea
30° · May
Longest day
13 h 02 min
Shortest day
11 h 14 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature line

Temperature curve

Average high, low and sea
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
1213JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Botolan by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high29°30°31°32°31°29°29°28°29°29°30°29°
Average low23°23°24°26°26°26°25°25°25°25°25°23°
Precipitation7 mm12 mm25 mm52 mm302 mm599 mm884 mm988 mm623 mm273 mm75 mm17 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)88.210.513.522.828.53029.529.227.518.215.7
Cloud cover24%20%19%21%48%61%68%73%66%52%39%29%
Sea temperature27°27°28°29°30°30°30°29°29°29°29°28°
Daylight11h 1911h 3912h 0212h 2812h 5013h 0212h 5712h 3912h 1411h 4911h 2611h 14
Month score666251413636363637404451