Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Commonwealth
Commonwealth climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,406 mm302 wet days a year
14.70° N, 121.08° EElevation 76 mUTC+8 · Philippine Standard Time
When to goCommonwealth · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low29° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Commonwealth has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 32° and nights 25°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 28° 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 2,406 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (281 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (34 mm, 17 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in March to 71% in August.
Compared with Manila, the capital, Commonwealth is 0.6° 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
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- March · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 16 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 29° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 19 mm | 18 mm | 21 mm | 34 mm | 157 mm | 296 mm | 466 mm | 492 mm | 408 mm | 281 mm | 134 mm | 80 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 23.3 | 19.3 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 29.5 | 28 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 26 | 28.5 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 47% | 58% | 66% | 71% | 65% | 54% | 41% | 32% |
| Daylight | 11h 21 | 11h 40 | 12h 02 | 12h 27 | 12h 48 | 12h 59 | 12h 55 | 12h 38 | 12h 14 | 11h 49 | 11h 27 | 11h 16 |
| Month score | 55 | 51 | 45 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Commonwealth in every month
January55
28° / 23°
19 mm · 23.3 wet days
February51
29° / 23°
18 mm · 19.3 wet days
March45
30° / 24°
21 mm · 17.3 wet days
April38
32° / 25°
34 mm · 16.7 wet days
May33
32° / 26°
157 mm · 26.7 wet days
June34
30° / 25°
296 mm · 27.7 wet days
July35
29° / 25°
466 mm · 29.5 wet days
August35
29° / 25°
492 mm · 28 wet days
September36
29° / 25°
408 mm · 28.7 wet days
October39
29° / 25°
281 mm · 30.2 wet days
November46
29° / 24°
134 mm · 26 wet days
December55
28° / 23°
80 mm · 28.5 wet days