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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Silay

Silay climate by month

Tropical rainforest · AfBest Feb–Apr
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,280 mm263 wet days a year
10.80° N, 122.98° EElevation 11 mUTC+8 · Philippine Standard Time
When to goSilay · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec39October
Best timeFeb–Apr
October: high / low29° / 25°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Silay has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .

The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 31° 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 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 2,280 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (274 mm, 29 wet days) and April the driest (86 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in April to 68% in July.

The sea reaches about 30° in May. 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, Silay is 1.4° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
31° · May
Coldest nights
24° · January
Wettest month
October
Driest month
April
Clearest skies
April · 29% cloud
Warmest sea
30° · May
Longest day
12 h 45 min
Shortest day
11 h 30 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature line

Temperature curve

Average high, low and sea
24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
121213JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Silay by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high27°28°29°30°31°30°29°29°29°29°29°28°
Average low24°24°25°26°26°26°25°25°25°25°25°25°
Precipitation131 mm86 mm76 mm86 mm169 mm227 mm246 mm248 mm235 mm274 mm283 mm219 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)20.316.311.89.82026.527.324.32628.825.226.3
Cloud cover46%39%32%29%47%63%68%66%65%60%53%48%
Sea temperature27°27°28°29°30°30°30°29°29°29°29°28°
Daylight11h 3311h 4712h 0312h 2212h 3712h 4512h 4212h 2912h 1211h 5411h 3811h 30
Month score505155543634353636394348