Baguio Weather in May
Baguio in May
The short of it: Baguio in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 208 mm (8.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 208 mm · daylight 12 h 53 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Baguio an average May high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 208 mm of rain. The height of summer in Baguio, with afternoons near 26°. Wet spells are common — about 208 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 53 min in mid-May, 24 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Baguio runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. La Trinidad, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Baguio, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 119 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La TrinidadCordillera | 4 km N | 26° | 17° | 211 mm |
| ItogonCordillera | 11 km ESE | 29° | 20° | 224 mm |
| AringayIlocos | 26 km W | 34° | 24° | 214 mm |
| SisonIlocos | 28 km SSW | 34° | 24° | 226 mm |
| Payocpoc SurIlocos | 30 km WNW | 34° | 25° | 207 mm |
| BauangIlocos | 31 km WNW | 34° | 25° | 205 mm |
| KibunganCordillera | 32 km NNE | 28° | 19° | 226 mm |
| San FernandoIlocos | 37 km NW | 34° | 25° | 202 mm |