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Palanan climate by month
What the weather is like
Palanan has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 30° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,358 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (507 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (160 mm, 14 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in April to 66% 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, Palanan is 0.3° cooler on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · June
- Coldest nights
- 22° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 27% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 13 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 07 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 | 25° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° |
| Average low | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 287 mm | 221 mm | 176 mm | 160 mm | 182 mm | 151 mm | 186 mm | 160 mm | 206 mm | 511 mm | 611 mm | 507 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 25.8 | 19.7 | 17 | 13.7 | 19.2 | 26.8 | 28.8 | 29 | 28 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 29.2 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 40% | 33% | 27% | 46% | 51% | 58% | 66% | 57% | 53% | 51% | 53% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Daylight | 11h 13 | 11h 35 | 12h 01 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 08 | 13h 03 | 12h 43 | 12h 15 | 11h 46 | 11h 21 | 11h 07 |
| Month score | 60 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 57 |