Lapu-Lapu City climate

Name: Lapu-Lapu City
Address: PH

Lapu-Lapu City is warmest in May, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 25 °C. October is the wettest month (233 mm) and April the driest (100 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lapu-Lapu City averages 2,104 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 497,813 · 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 May 30 °C
Coldest month February 25 °C
Driest month April 100 mm
Wettest month October 233 mm
Least cloud April 56 % cloud
Hottest on record May 33 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectLapu-Lapu City through the year

Lapu-Lapu City changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 45 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 233 mm against 100 mm in April — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Lapu-Lapu City 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	27.2 °C	161 mm	71 %
February	27.3 °C	120 mm	65 %
March	28.1 °C	110 mm	59 %
April	29.1 °C	100 mm	56 %
May	29.7 °C	155 mm	73 %
June	29.5 °C	220 mm	84 %
July	29.2 °C	217 mm	88 %
August	29.4 °C	170 mm	86 %
September	29.3 °C	178 mm	86 %
October	28.8 °C	233 mm	83 %
November	28.3 °C	220 mm	74 %
December	27.7 °C	221 mm	74 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.2 °C	24.9 °C	25.9 °C	29.4 °C	22.6 °C	31	0
February	27.3 °C	24.8 °C	26.0 °C	29.9 °C	21.1 °C	28	0
March	28.1 °C	25.2 °C	26.5 °C	30.8 °C	22.4 °C	31	0
April	29.1 °C	26.0 °C	27.4 °C	32.3 °C	23.7 °C	30	4
May	29.7 °C	26.3 °C	27.9 °C	32.9 °C	24.7 °C	31	10
June	29.5 °C	26.1 °C	27.6 °C	32.4 °C	24.4 °C	30	8
July	29.2 °C	25.9 °C	27.3 °C	31.5 °C	24.3 °C	31	5
August	29.4 °C	26.0 °C	27.5 °C	32.0 °C	23.9 °C	31	9
September	29.3 °C	25.9 °C	27.3 °C	31.9 °C	24.2 °C	30	7
October	28.8 °C	25.7 °C	27.0 °C	31.5 °C	24.0 °C	31	2
November	28.3 °C	25.7 °C	26.9 °C	31.4 °C	23.0 °C	30	0
December	27.7 °C	25.4 °C	26.4 °C	30.3 °C	21.4 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	161 mm	20	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	18 km/h	27.5 °C
February	120 mm	15	12 h/day	65 %	82 %	17 km/h	27.4 °C
March	110 mm	16	12 h/day	59 %	81 %	16 km/h	27.9 °C
April	100 mm	18	12 h/day	56 %	81 %	14 km/h	28.8 °C
May	155 mm	23	13 h/day	73 %	82 %	11 km/h	29.6 °C
June	220 mm	26	13 h/day	84 %	83 %	11 km/h	29.9 °C
July	217 mm	25	13 h/day	88 %	83 %	13 km/h	29.6 °C
August	170 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	82 %	15 km/h	29.4 °C
September	178 mm	23	12 h/day	86 %	82 %	14 km/h	29.5 °C
October	233 mm	26	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	12 km/h	29.5 °C
November	220 mm	25	12 h/day	74 %	84 %	14 km/h	29.2 °C
December	221 mm	24	12 h/day	74 %	84 %	16 km/h	28.4 °C

How Lapu-Lapu City 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
Lapu-Lapu City	30 °C	25 °C	2,104 mm	365
Cebu City · Philippines	30 °C	25 °C	2,128 mm	364
Toledo · Philippines	30 °C	24 °C	2,400 mm	364
Ormoc · Philippines	31 °C	23 °C	2,130 mm	365
Bacolod City · Philippines	31 °C	24 °C	2,875 mm	364

Where Lapu-Lapu City ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	34thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October	47thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	48thof 50	30 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Lapu-Lapu City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lapu-Lapu City?

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, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lapu-Lapu City get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 45 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 25 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lapu-Lapu City?

October, averaging 233 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is April with 100 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,104 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 Lapu-Lapu City 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
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.