Cortes climate by month
What the weather is like
Cortes has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 31° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° 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 2,063 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (242 mm, 28 wet days) and April the driest (86 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in April to 66% in July.
The sea reaches about 29° 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, Cortes is 1.9° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · April
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 30% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 34 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 | 28° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Average low | 25° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 163 mm | 110 mm | 96 mm | 86 mm | 131 mm | 202 mm | 216 mm | 201 mm | 189 mm | 242 mm | 221 mm | 206 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.7 | 20.2 | 16 | 12.7 | 20 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 28.3 | 25.2 | 26.2 |
| Cloud cover | 45% | 40% | 32% | 30% | 46% | 62% | 66% | 64% | 63% | 59% | 52% | 47% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 37 | 11h 49 | 12h 04 | 12h 20 | 12h 34 | 12h 41 | 12h 38 | 12h 27 | 12h 11 | 11h 55 | 11h 41 | 11h 34 |
| Month score | 48 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 46 |