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When to go to Tacloban
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Tacloban has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to March.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is May (30°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is December (447 mm) and the driest April (132 mm); about 3,066 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanWet
- FebWet
- MarWet
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Tacloban
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°C | 24°C | 428 mm | 87% | 77% | 3.7 | 23°C | Wet |
| February | 28°C | 24°C | 286 mm | 84% | 69% | 4.6 | 24°C | Wet |
| March | 28°C | 24°C | 226 mm | 83% | 60% | 5.4 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 30°C | 25°C | 132 mm | 81% | 55% | 5.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 30°C | 26°C | 158 mm | 82% | 61% | 5.8 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 29°C | 26°C | 223 mm | 83% | 74% | 5.2 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 29°C | 25°C | 228 mm | 84% | 82% | 4.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 25°C | 169 mm | 84% | 81% | 5.1 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 25°C | 200 mm | 84% | 81% | 5 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 29°C | 25°C | 255 mm | 85% | 75% | 4.8 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 25°C | 314 mm | 86% | 71% | 4.2 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 28°C | 25°C | 447 mm | 87% | 74% | 3.8 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Lapu-Lapu City155 kmGood for going: February to May
- Cebu City159 kmGood for going: February to May
- Mansilingan231 kmGood for going: January to March
- Bacolod City233 kmGood for going: January to March
- Butuan262 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Iloilo273 kmGood for going: January to March
- Cagayan de Oro310 kmGood for going: February to April
- Iligan345 kmGood for going: February to April
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