Puerto Princesa climate

Name: Puerto Princesa
Address: PH

Puerto Princesa is warmest in April, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 24 °C. October is the wettest month (254 mm) and February the driest (85 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Puerto Princesa averages 2,139 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 222,673 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 24 °C
Driest month February 85 mm
Wettest month October 254 mm
Least cloud April 52 % cloud
Hottest on record April 34 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectPuerto Princesa through the year

Puerto Princesa changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 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, 68 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 254 mm against 85 mm in February — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Puerto Princesa is warmest in May 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	28.2 °C	109 mm	67 %
February	28.6 °C	85 mm	60 %
March	29.4 °C	104 mm	53 %
April	30.3 °C	86 mm	52 %
May	30.1 °C	189 mm	75 %
June	29.5 °C	223 mm	86 %
July	29.1 °C	223 mm	88 %
August	29.3 °C	210 mm	87 %
September	29.2 °C	237 mm	87 %
October	28.9 °C	254 mm	83 %
November	28.7 °C	214 mm	75 %
December	28.3 °C	203 mm	73 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.2 °C	24.6 °C	26.1 °C	31.2 °C	21.4 °C	31	0
February	28.6 °C	24.4 °C	26.2 °C	32.5 °C	20.7 °C	28	2
March	29.4 °C	24.7 °C	26.8 °C	33.0 °C	21.5 °C	31	8
April	30.3 °C	25.5 °C	27.7 °C	33.7 °C	21.8 °C	30	17
May	30.1 °C	26.0 °C	27.8 °C	33.4 °C	24.4 °C	31	16
June	29.5 °C	25.7 °C	27.4 °C	32.4 °C	23.9 °C	30	9
July	29.1 °C	25.5 °C	27.1 °C	31.3 °C	23.8 °C	31	3
August	29.3 °C	25.5 °C	27.1 °C	31.8 °C	23.9 °C	31	5
September	29.2 °C	25.3 °C	27.0 °C	32.2 °C	23.6 °C	30	5
October	28.9 °C	25.1 °C	26.7 °C	31.1 °C	23.6 °C	31	2
November	28.7 °C	25.1 °C	26.6 °C	30.8 °C	22.8 °C	30	0
December	28.3 °C	25.0 °C	26.4 °C	30.5 °C	22.2 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	109 mm	15	12 h/day	67 %	83 %	18 km/h	27.6 °C
February	85 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	82 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
March	104 mm	15	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	16 km/h	28.0 °C
April	86 mm	16	12 h/day	52 %	81 %	13 km/h	29.2 °C
May	189 mm	25	13 h/day	75 %	83 %	11 km/h	29.9 °C
June	223 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	85 %	11 km/h	29.7 °C
July	223 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.3 °C
August	210 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.0 °C
September	237 mm	26	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.1 °C
October	254 mm	28	12 h/day	83 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.1 °C
November	214 mm	26	12 h/day	75 %	87 %	14 km/h	29.0 °C
December	203 mm	23	12 h/day	73 %	86 %	16 km/h	28.5 °C

How Puerto Princesa 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
Puerto Princesa	30 °C	24 °C	2,139 mm	365
Iloilo · Philippines	31 °C	24 °C	1,937 mm	364
Sandakan · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,967 mm	364
Kabankalan · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	2,752 mm	365
Bago City · Philippines	31 °C	24 °C	2,376 mm	364
Bacolod City · Philippines	31 °C	24 °C	2,875 mm	364
Zamboanga · Philippines	29 °C	25 °C	2,030 mm	365

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Puerto Princesa.

QuestionsCommon questions about Puerto Princesa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Puerto Princesa?

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

How hot does Puerto Princesa get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 68 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 Puerto Princesa?

October, averaging 254 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 85 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,139 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 Puerto Princesa 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.