Cagayan de Oro climate

Name: Cagayan de Oro
Address: PH

Cagayan de Oro is warmest in April, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (381 mm) and March the driest (193 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cagayan de Oro averages 3,120 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 741,617 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 29 °C
Coldest month February 22 °C
Driest month March 193 mm
Wettest month June 381 mm
Least cloud April 63 % cloud
Hottest on record April 33 °C
Coldest on record December 18 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectCagayan de Oro through the year

Cagayan de Oro changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 193 mm in March to 381 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Cagayan de Oro is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.3 °C	249 mm	74 %
February	27.5 °C	212 mm	69 %
March	28.2 °C	193 mm	65 %
April	28.9 °C	214 mm	63 %
May	28.7 °C	306 mm	79 %
June	28.2 °C	381 mm	87 %
July	28.0 °C	281 mm	88 %
August	28.3 °C	218 mm	86 %
September	28.1 °C	219 mm	86 %
October	27.9 °C	286 mm	84 %
November	28.0 °C	305 mm	77 %
December	27.7 °C	257 mm	76 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.3 °C	22.3 °C	24.7 °C	29.8 °C	18.2 °C	30	0
February	27.5 °C	22.2 °C	24.8 °C	30.9 °C	18.3 °C	27	0
March	28.2 °C	22.4 °C	25.2 °C	32.3 °C	18.7 °C	31	2
April	28.9 °C	23.0 °C	25.8 °C	33.0 °C	19.7 °C	30	4
May	28.7 °C	23.6 °C	26.0 °C	32.9 °C	21.3 °C	31	3
June	28.2 °C	23.4 °C	25.6 °C	31.8 °C	21.5 °C	30	1
July	28.0 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	31.1 °C	21.6 °C	31	1
August	28.3 °C	23.1 °C	25.5 °C	32.3 °C	21.2 °C	31	1
September	28.1 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	31.6 °C	21.5 °C	30	1
October	27.9 °C	23.0 °C	25.2 °C	31.0 °C	21.2 °C	31	0
November	28.0 °C	22.8 °C	25.2 °C	30.2 °C	19.2 °C	30	0
December	27.7 °C	22.6 °C	25.0 °C	30.9 °C	18.0 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	249 mm	22	12 h/day	74 %	86 %	9.7 km/h	27.5 °C
February	212 mm	18	12 h/day	69 %	85 %	10 km/h	27.2 °C
March	193 mm	20	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	10 km/h	27.6 °C
April	214 mm	21	12 h/day	63 %	84 %	11 km/h	28.5 °C
May	306 mm	27	13 h/day	79 %	85 %	9.3 km/h	29.3 °C
June	381 mm	26	13 h/day	87 %	86 %	8.7 km/h	29.7 °C
July	281 mm	24	13 h/day	88 %	85 %	9.1 km/h	29.5 °C
August	218 mm	20	12 h/day	86 %	84 %	9.5 km/h	29.4 °C
September	219 mm	22	12 h/day	86 %	84 %	9.3 km/h	29.4 °C
October	286 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	9.2 km/h	29.4 °C
November	305 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	87 %	8.8 km/h	29.3 °C
December	257 mm	25	12 h/day	76 %	87 %	9.2 km/h	28.5 °C

How Cagayan de Oro compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Cagayan de Oro	29 °C	22 °C	3,120 mm	361
Iligan City · Philippines	28 °C	22 °C	3,474 mm	355
Iligan · Philippines	29 °C	23 °C	2,314 mm	362
Mantampay · Philippines	28 °C	22 °C	2,314 mm	352
Marawi City · Philippines	26 °C	20 °C	3,385 mm	230
NIA Valencia · Philippines	30 °C	20 °C	2,207 mm	356
Libertad · Philippines	31 °C	23 °C	2,114 mm	363

Where Cagayan de Oro ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	42nd of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Cagayan de Oro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cagayan de Oro?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cagayan de Oro get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cagayan de Oro?

June, averaging 381 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is March with 193 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,120 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Cagayan de Oro rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 8.482°, 124.647° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.