Jolo climate by month
What the weather is like
Jolo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 28° and nights 26°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 26°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,221 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (128 mm, 26 wet days) and February the driest (57 mm, 16 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in March to 61% in June.
The sea reaches about 29° in May. 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, Jolo is 4.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · May
- Coldest nights
- 26° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · May
- Longest day
- 12 h 28 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 46 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° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Precipitation | 90 mm | 57 mm | 50 mm | 53 mm | 96 mm | 128 mm | 134 mm | 116 mm | 114 mm | 155 mm | 133 mm | 95 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.8 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 16.2 | 24.5 | 26 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 24.8 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 45% | 36% | 36% | 49% | 61% | 60% | 57% | 58% | 59% | 55% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 48 | 11h 56 | 12h 05 | 12h 15 | 12h 24 | 12h 28 | 12h 26 | 12h 19 | 12h 09 | 12h 00 | 11h 51 | 11h 46 |
| Month score | 51 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 49 |