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Samal climate by month
What the weather is like
Samal has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 29° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,908 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (130 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (153 mm, 23 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in April to 64% in June.
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, Samal is 3.6° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · April
- Coldest nights
- 25° · February
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 32 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 43 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 | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 196 mm | 165 mm | 138 mm | 153 mm | 172 mm | 183 mm | 130 mm | 146 mm | 145 mm | 153 mm | 169 mm | 158 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 27.5 | 25.3 | 24 | 22.5 | 27.8 | 28.2 | 29 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 28 | 28 | 28.3 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 51% | 64% | 63% | 60% | 58% | 60% | 54% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 45 | 11h 54 | 12h 04 | 12h 16 | 12h 26 | 12h 32 | 12h 30 | 12h 21 | 12h 10 | 11h 58 | 11h 48 | 11h 43 |
| Month score | 46 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 44 |