Cebu City, Philippines climate

Am Tropical monsoon

Cebu City has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical monsoon, Köppen Am). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 91°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 75°F at night. Around 55 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in July (7.8 inches) and easing off in April (1.9 inches).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 91°F most of the year.

About 118 days a year above 90 °F

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 75°F.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 55 in of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Cebu City climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	86	86	88	90	91	90	89	90	90	89	88	87
Avg temp (°F)	80	81	82	84	85	84	83	83	83	83	82	81
Avg low (°F)	75	75	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	76
Precipitation (in)	4.1	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.0	6.6	7.8	4.3	5.6	7.7	5.0	6.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	86	86	88	90	91	90
Avg temp (°F)	80	81	82	84	85	84
Avg low (°F)	75	75	76	77	78	77
Precipitation (in)	4.1	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.0	6.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	89	90	90	89	88	87
Avg temp (°F)	83	83	83	83	82	81
Avg low (°F)	77	77	77	77	77	76
Precipitation (in)	7.8	4.3	5.6	7.7	5.0	6.0

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	12	8	7	4	7	12	13	10	11	14	11	13
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.2	0.5	6	17	21	17	12	15	13	10	5	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	12	8	7	4	7	12
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.2	0.5	6	17	21	17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	10	11	14	11	13
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	12	15	13	10	5	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	71	65	55	51	66	79	84	84	83	78	68	71
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	4	7	8	3	1	0.5	0.7	0.5	1	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	10	13	14	13	8	6	5	6	9	11	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	14	11	8	15	21	25	25	24	21	16	18
Relative humidity (%)	86	83	79	76	76	79	83	83	84	84	86	87
Wind speed (mph)	9.6	9.5	8.7	7.7	6.0	5.6	6.2	6.6	6.0	6.1	7.5	8.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	71	65	55	51	66	79
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	4	7	8	3	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	10	13	14	13	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	14	11	8	15	21
Relative humidity (%)	86	83	79	76	76	79
Wind speed (mph)	9.6	9.5	8.7	7.7	6.0	5.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	84	84	83	78	68	71
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.5	0.7	0.5	1	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	6	5	6	9	11	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	25	25	24	21	16	18
Relative humidity (%)	83	83	84	84	86	87
Wind speed (mph)	6.2	6.6	6.0	6.1	7.5	8.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Mactan Cebu Intl, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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