Samboan climate by month
What the weather is like
Samboan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 30° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 25°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,376 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (180 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (52 mm, 12 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in April to 66% 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, Samboan is 2.4° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · May
- Coldest nights
- 25° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 30% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · 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° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 78 mm | 60 mm | 48 mm | 52 mm | 98 mm | 151 mm | 158 mm | 149 mm | 160 mm | 180 mm | 142 mm | 100 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.7 | 19.3 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 29.3 | 25.7 | 26.3 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 38% | 32% | 30% | 47% | 63% | 66% | 64% | 64% | 59% | 51% | 46% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 37 | 11h 49 | 12h 04 | 12h 20 | 12h 33 | 12h 41 | 12h 38 | 12h 26 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 42 | 11h 34 |
| Month score | 52 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 49 |