Lucena climate

Name: Lucena
Address: PH

Lucena is warmest in May, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 24 °C. July is the wettest month (362 mm) and February the driest (61 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lucena averages 2,461 mm of rain and 357 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 228,758 · 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 24 °C
Driest month February 61 mm
Wettest month July 362 mm
Least cloud April 52 % cloud
Hottest on record May 34 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectLucena through the year

Lucena has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in February to 30 °C in May, a swing of 3.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 357 days a year reach 25 °C, 50 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 362 mm against 61 mm in February — 5.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Lucena is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 26 °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	26.2 °C	71 mm	65 %
February	26.6 °C	61 mm	59 %
March	27.7 °C	72 mm	54 %
April	29.2 °C	77 mm	52 %
May	29.9 °C	209 mm	71 %
June	29.7 °C	277 mm	82 %
July	29.2 °C	362 mm	89 %
August	29.3 °C	292 mm	89 %
September	29.0 °C	340 mm	88 %
October	28.3 °C	278 mm	80 %
November	27.5 °C	191 mm	72 %
December	26.7 °C	232 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.2 °C	24.0 °C	24.9 °C	29.8 °C	20.9 °C	27	0
February	26.6 °C	24.0 °C	25.1 °C	29.7 °C	20.6 °C	26	0
March	27.7 °C	24.6 °C	25.9 °C	32.0 °C	20.9 °C	30	1
April	29.2 °C	25.7 °C	27.2 °C	33.4 °C	22.6 °C	30	7
May	29.9 °C	26.3 °C	27.9 °C	33.9 °C	24.1 °C	31	14
June	29.7 °C	26.2 °C	27.7 °C	32.4 °C	24.1 °C	30	11
July	29.2 °C	25.9 °C	27.3 °C	31.7 °C	23.9 °C	31	5
August	29.3 °C	26.0 °C	27.4 °C	32.6 °C	23.3 °C	31	7
September	29.0 °C	25.7 °C	27.1 °C	33.0 °C	21.9 °C	30	4
October	28.3 °C	25.4 °C	26.6 °C	31.3 °C	22.2 °C	31	1
November	27.5 °C	25.2 °C	26.2 °C	30.3 °C	23.1 °C	30	0
December	26.7 °C	24.6 °C	25.5 °C	29.6 °C	21.4 °C	29	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	71 mm	13	11 h/day	65 %	82 %	21 km/h	26.4 °C
February	61 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	82 %	20 km/h	26.4 °C
March	72 mm	13	12 h/day	54 %	81 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
April	77 mm	15	12 h/day	52 %	81 %	15 km/h	28.7 °C
May	209 mm	25	13 h/day	71 %	82 %	13 km/h	30.0 °C
June	277 mm	28	13 h/day	82 %	84 %	12 km/h	30.0 °C
July	362 mm	29	13 h/day	89 %	84 %	13 km/h	29.5 °C
August	292 mm	26	13 h/day	89 %	84 %	14 km/h	29.1 °C
September	340 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.0 °C
October	278 mm	25	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	15 km/h	28.7 °C
November	191 mm	23	11 h/day	72 %	86 %	19 km/h	28.1 °C
December	232 mm	20	11 h/day	71 %	85 %	22 km/h	27.2 °C

How Lucena 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
Lucena	30 °C	24 °C	2,461 mm	357
San Pablo · Philippines	31 °C	22 °C	2,183 mm	358
Lipa City · Philippines	31 °C	21 °C	2,181 mm	349
Calamba · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	2,051 mm	362
Batangas · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	2,076 mm	364
Cabuyao · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	1,974 mm	362

Where Lucena ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	48th of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	50th of 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Lucena.

QuestionsCommon questions about Lucena’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lucena?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lucena get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 50 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lucena?

July, averaging 362 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 61 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,461 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 Lucena 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: 13.931°, 121.617° (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.