Taft climate by month
What the weather is like
Taft 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 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,830 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (553 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (198 mm, 21 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in April to 68% in August.
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, Taft is 1.5° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 32% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 26 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° | 27° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 553 mm | 398 mm | 300 mm | 198 mm | 176 mm | 198 mm | 204 mm | 158 mm | 195 mm | 297 mm | 509 mm | 644 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 29.8 | 25.7 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 28.2 | 29 | 26.8 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29.2 |
| Cloud cover | 49% | 42% | 35% | 32% | 44% | 58% | 66% | 68% | 64% | 57% | 55% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 30 | 11h 45 | 12h 03 | 12h 23 | 12h 40 | 12h 49 | 12h 46 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 53 | 11h 35 | 11h 26 |
| Month score | 51 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 39 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 43 | 48 |