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Tarlac City, Philippines climate

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Tarlac City has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry winter), Köppen Aw). The hottest month is May with an average daily high near 36°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 21°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1812 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — August alone averages 434 mm while January barely receives 2 mm.

☀️ All year

Very hot

Daytime highs near 36°C most of the year.

About 201 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 21°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1812 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in August

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+0.9 °C vs 50 years ago

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

Tarlac City climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	33	34	36	36	34	33	32	32	33	33	32
Avg temp (°C)	26	27	28	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	24	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	22
Precipitation (mm)	2	11	6	13	264	223	301	434	260	160	105	33

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	32	33	34	36	36	34
Avg temp (°C)	26	27	28	30	30	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	24	25	24
Precipitation (mm)	2	11	6	13	264	223

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	32	32	33	33	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	27
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	23	22
Precipitation (mm)	301	434	260	160	105	33

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	1	1	2	8	11	15	16	12	8	6	4
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	12	15	21	22	21	20	16	14	15	17	16	13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	2	1	1	2	8	11
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	12	15	21	22	21	20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	15	16	12	8	6	4
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	16	14	15	17	16	13

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	48	43	42	46	65	75	82	86	83	67	59	55
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	9	11	13	8	3	1	0.8	0.6	0.7	4	7	8
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	12	13	17	14	10	7	5	7	10	10	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	7	5	6	5	14	18	23	25	23	17	13	12
Relative humidity (%)	84	81	79	77	80	85	88	90	89	88	88	87
Wind speed (mph)	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.7	3.3	3.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	48	43	42	46	65	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	9	11	13	8	3	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	12	13	17	14	10
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	7	5	6	5	14	18
Relative humidity (%)	84	81	79	77	80	85
Wind speed (mph)	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.4	2.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	82	86	83	67	59	55
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.8	0.6	0.7	4	7	8
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	5	7	10	10	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	23	25	23	17	13	12
Relative humidity (%)	88	90	89	88	88	87
Wind speed (mph)	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.7	3.3	3.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 21 years of daily observations at Cabanatuan, a weather station, about 38 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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