Ormoc climate
Ormoc is warmest in May, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 23 °C. July is the wettest month (294 mm) and April the driest (65 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Ormoc averages 2,130 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Philippines · population 238,545 · 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 31 °C
- Coldest month February 23 °C
- Driest month April 65 mm
- Wettest month July 294 mm
- Least cloud April 55 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 34 °C
- Coldest on record February 18 °C
- Warmest sea June 30 °C
What to expectOrmoc through the year
Ormoc changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °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, 113 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 294 mm against 65 mm in April — 4.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Ormoc is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 28 °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 | 28.6 °C | 119 mm | 71 % |
| February | 28.9 °C | 95 mm | 64 % |
| March | 29.7 °C | 81 mm | 59 % |
| April | 30.7 °C | 65 mm | 55 % |
| May | 30.8 °C | 131 mm | 70 % |
| June | 30.0 °C | 247 mm | 82 % |
| July | 29.3 °C | 294 mm | 88 % |
| August | 29.4 °C | 227 mm | 87 % |
| September | 29.3 °C | 268 mm | 86 % |
| October | 29.3 °C | 254 mm | 82 % |
| November | 29.3 °C | 160 mm | 72 % |
| December | 28.9 °C | 189 mm | 73 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 28.9 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.5 °C | 17.7 °C | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 29.7 °C | 23.8 °C | 26.5 °C | 32.9 °C | 19.5 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| April | 30.7 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.5 °C | 34.1 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| May | 30.8 °C | 25.7 °C | 28.0 °C | 34.3 °C | 23.3 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| June | 30.0 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.6 °C | 33.5 °C | 23.6 °C | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| July | 29.3 °C | 25.3 °C | 27.1 °C | 31.6 °C | 23.6 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| August | 29.4 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.2 °C | 31.4 °C | 23.6 °C | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 29.3 °C | 25.2 °C | 27.0 °C | 31.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 29.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.8 °C | 31.6 °C | 22.9 °C | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 29.3 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.7 °C | 32.2 °C | 21.7 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| December | 28.9 °C | 24.3 °C | 26.3 °C | 32.0 °C | 20.7 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 119 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 16 km/h | 27.6 °C |
| February | 95 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 64 % | 83 % | 15 km/h | 27.5 °C |
| March | 81 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 59 % | 82 % | 13 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| April | 65 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 12 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| May | 131 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 70 % | 83 % | 11 km/h | 29.7 °C |
| June | 247 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 85 % | 12 km/h | 30.1 °C |
| July | 294 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| August | 227 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 86 % | 15 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| September | 268 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 29.7 °C |
| October | 254 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 88 % | 13 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| November | 160 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 29.2 °C |
| December | 189 mm | 19 | 11 h/day | 73 % | 87 % | 15 km/h | 28.4 °C |
How Ormoc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormoc | 31 °C | 23 °C | 2,130 mm | 365 |
| Tacloban · Philippines | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,316 mm | 364 |
| Lapu-Lapu City · Philippines | 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 |
Where Ormoc ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October | 24thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September | 32ndof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October | 33rdof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June | 44thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July | 45thof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June | 46thof 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ormoc.
QuestionsCommon questions about Ormoc’s climate
When is the best time to visit Ormoc?
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 Ormoc get?
In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 113 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 23 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Ormoc?
July, averaging 294 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is April with 65 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,130 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 Ormoc 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
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.