Tacloban
Elevation 40 m11.24° N, 125.00° E
When to go?
Mean 27 °C, 23 rain days in the month (432 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 18 rain days in the month (312 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 18 rain days in the month (285 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 16 rain days in the month (199 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 29 °C, 18 rain days in the month (216 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (238 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (202 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 29 °C, 17 rain days in the month (157 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (209 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 22 rain days in the month (312 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 23 rain days in the month (359 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain16 mm per rain day
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (487 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is August. Ideal for the sea: February–May, November. Avoid all year (hot and often rainy, at times torrential rain and typhoons).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Samar Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Samar Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Samar Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1956 (−0.5 °C).
January and February warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.6 °C), June the least (+0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +4 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.6 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990