Compostela climate by month
What the weather is like
Compostela has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 29° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° 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 1,521 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (189 mm, 28 wet days) and April the driest (60 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in April to 67% 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, Compostela is 0.2° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · August
- Coldest nights
- 25° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 28% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 44 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 | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 113 mm | 80 mm | 62 mm | 60 mm | 100 mm | 144 mm | 164 mm | 137 mm | 166 mm | 189 mm | 156 mm | 150 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 20.7 | 17.8 | 13 | 8.8 | 17.7 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 22.5 | 23 | 27.7 | 23.2 | 24.7 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 38% | 30% | 28% | 44% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 64% | 58% | 50% | 45% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 34 | 11h 48 | 12h 03 | 12h 21 | 12h 36 | 12h 44 | 12h 41 | 12h 28 | 12h 12 | 11h 54 | 11h 39 | 11h 31 |
| Month score | 55 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 44 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 52 |