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Virac climate by month
What the weather is like
Virac has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is May, 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 3,255 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (473 mm, 30 wet days) and April the driest (169 mm, 20 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 26% in April to 69% 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, Virac is 1.9° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · May
- Coldest nights
- 24° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 26% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 55 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 20 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° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 292 mm | 187 mm | 165 mm | 169 mm | 174 mm | 227 mm | 255 mm | 184 mm | 258 mm | 405 mm | 466 mm | 473 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.5 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 19.7 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 30.2 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 30 | 29.5 | 30.3 |
| Cloud cover | 41% | 35% | 29% | 26% | 42% | 55% | 64% | 69% | 63% | 56% | 50% | 44% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 24 | 11h 42 | 12h 02 | 12h 26 | 12h 45 | 12h 55 | 12h 51 | 12h 35 | 12h 13 | 11h 51 | 11h 30 | 11h 20 |
| Month score | 54 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 52 |