Candelaria climate by month
What the weather is like
Candelaria has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,890 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (274 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (64 mm, 15 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in April to 69% 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, Candelaria is 1.2° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · May
- Coldest nights
- 23° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 24% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · May
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 19 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 | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 63 mm | 38 mm | 45 mm | 64 mm | 126 mm | 190 mm | 245 mm | 200 mm | 232 mm | 274 mm | 239 mm | 174 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25 | 21.7 | 17.5 | 14.8 | 23.8 | 25.8 | 28.8 | 24.7 | 27 | 29.7 | 28.2 | 28.8 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 28% | 25% | 24% | 46% | 59% | 65% | 69% | 65% | 56% | 45% | 38% |
| Sea temperature | 26° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 02 | 12h 26 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 | 12h 53 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 19 |
| Month score | 59 | 56 | 51 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 56 |