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Placer climate by month
What the weather is like
Placer has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is August, 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 3,699 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (602 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (204 mm, 24 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in April to 64% 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, Placer is 1.2° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 24° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 32% 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 | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 766 mm | 479 mm | 346 mm | 204 mm | 136 mm | 143 mm | 146 mm | 97 mm | 128 mm | 215 mm | 437 mm | 602 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.5 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 24 | 24.5 | 27 | 26.5 | 25.2 | 27 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 30 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 44% | 36% | 32% | 44% | 60% | 64% | 62% | 61% | 57% | 53% | 52% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 28° | 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 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 47 |