Panay climate by month
What the weather is like
Panay 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 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,402 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (315 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (84 mm, 11 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, Panay is 2.4° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · May
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 28% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 48 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 27 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° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 156 mm | 102 mm | 98 mm | 84 mm | 162 mm | 231 mm | 254 mm | 180 mm | 208 mm | 315 mm | 343 mm | 269 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.5 | 18.5 | 13.8 | 11 | 20.7 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.3 | 26.8 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 26.7 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 37% | 31% | 28% | 46% | 62% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 60% | 52% | 46% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 31 | 11h 46 | 12h 03 | 12h 23 | 12h 39 | 12h 48 | 12h 45 | 12h 31 | 12h 12 | 11h 53 | 11h 36 | 11h 27 |
| Month score | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 41 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 52 |