Tacloban Weather in May
Tacloban in May
The short of it: Tacloban in May averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 25 °C (77 °F), with 180 mm (7.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 25° · rain 180 mm · daylight 12 h 38 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Tacloban an average May high of 32°, a low of 25° and some 180 mm of rain. No month in Tacloban runs warmer: highs about 32°. Wet spells are common — about 180 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 38 min in mid-May, 16 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Tacloban runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Panalanoy, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Tacloban, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 34 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PanalanoyEastern Visayas | 1 km NNE | 32° | 25° | 182 mm |
| BaseyEastern Visayas | 8 km ENE | 32° | 25° | 187 mm |
| PaloEastern Visayas | 10 km S | 32° | 25° | 187 mm |
| TanauanEastern Visayas | 15 km S | 32° | 25° | 190 mm |
| AlangalangEastern Visayas | 18 km WSW | 32° | 25° | 188 mm |
| DagamiEastern Visayas | 23 km SSW | 32° | 25° | 198 mm |
| Santa RitaEastern Visayas | 24 km NNW | 32° | 24° | 198 mm |
| JaroEastern Visayas | 25 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 197 mm |