Catarman climate by month
What the weather is like
Catarman has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 28° and nights 26°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,591 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (168 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (40 mm, 21 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in April to 66% 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, Catarman is 2.5° cooler on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · June
- Coldest nights
- 25° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 30% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 36 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 | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 170 mm | 111 mm | 56 mm | 40 mm | 67 mm | 136 mm | 173 mm | 157 mm | 167 mm | 173 mm | 173 mm | 168 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 26.2 | 25 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 25.7 | 26.3 | 24.8 | 26.2 | 28.7 | 27.5 | 29.5 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 40% | 33% | 30% | 47% | 62% | 66% | 63% | 62% | 60% | 52% | 47% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 39 | 11h 50 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 32 | 12h 39 | 12h 36 | 12h 26 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 43 | 11h 36 |
| Month score | 56 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 47 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 52 |