Zamboanga, Philippines climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Zamboanga has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is April with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is May averaging around 24°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1262 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — October alone averages 191 mm while February barely receives 42 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

About 243 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 24°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1262 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.6 °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

Zamboanga climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	57	42	65	65	88	155	154	138	131	191	100	76

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	32	33	33	33	32	32
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	29	28	28
Avg low (°C)	23	23	24	24	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	57	42	65	65	88	155

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	33	33
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24
Precipitation (mm)	154	138	131	191	100	76

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	7	6	6	8	10	13	13	11	10	13	10	8
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	19	20	23	24	22	18	17	19	19	20	21	21
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	7	6	6	8	10	13
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	19	20	23	24	22	18
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	—	—	1	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	11	10	13	10	8
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	17	19	19	20	21	21
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	—

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	70	65	61	64	74	81	81	79	79	75	70	70
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	4	5	4	2	0.9	0.9	1	1	2	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	10	12	12	9	6	6	8	7	9	10	10
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	14	14	14	20	23	24	22	22	20	17	18
Relative humidity (%)	81	80	78	77	79	81	82	82	82	82	81	81
Wind speed (m/s)	3.8	3.6	2.9	2.2	2.2	2.7	3.2	3.4	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	70	65	61	64	74	81
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	4	5	4	2	0.9
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	10	12	12	9	6
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	14	14	14	20	23
Relative humidity (%)	81	80	78	77	79	81
Wind speed (m/s)	3.8	3.6	2.9	2.2	2.2	2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	81	79	79	75	70	70
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.9	1	1	2	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	6	8	7	9	10	10
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	24	22	22	20	17	18
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	82	82	81	81
Wind speed (m/s)	3.2	3.4	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.2

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Zamboanga, a weather station, about 1 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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