Donsol climate by month
What the weather is like
Donsol has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 30° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,102 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (205 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (83 mm, 19 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in April to 69% in August.
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, Donsol is 2° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · May
- Coldest nights
- 24° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 25% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 53 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 22 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° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 188 mm | 130 mm | 92 mm | 83 mm | 114 mm | 138 mm | 205 mm | 169 mm | 206 mm | 217 mm | 269 mm | 291 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 26.8 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 18.7 | 23.7 | 27.2 | 30 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 30 | 28.7 | 29.5 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 32% | 27% | 25% | 43% | 57% | 65% | 69% | 65% | 56% | 48% | 41% |
| Sea temperature | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Daylight | 11h 27 | 11h 43 | 12h 03 | 12h 25 | 12h 43 | 12h 53 | 12h 49 | 12h 34 | 12h 13 | 11h 52 | 11h 32 | 11h 22 |
| Month score | 55 | 55 | 52 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 51 |