Polanco climate by month
What the weather is like
Polanco has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 29° 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 2,395 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (278 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (106 mm, 12 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in April to 65% in June.
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, Polanco is 2.6° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · May
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 38 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° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 141 mm | 86 mm | 78 mm | 106 mm | 160 mm | 279 mm | 238 mm | 219 mm | 247 mm | 278 mm | 348 mm | 215 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 18.5 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 26.3 | 27.7 | 26 | 29.2 | 27.7 | 26.8 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 45% | 39% | 36% | 51% | 65% | 65% | 62% | 63% | 62% | 56% | 53% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 41 | 11h 51 | 12h 04 | 12h 18 | 12h 30 | 12h 37 | 12h 35 | 12h 24 | 12h 11 | 11h 57 | 11h 44 | 11h 38 |
| Month score | 49 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 46 |