Tuguegarao climate

Name: Tuguegarao
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Tuguegarao is warmest in May, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. July is the wettest month (332 mm) and March the driest (58 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tuguegarao averages 2,256 mm of rain and 322 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 167,297 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month March 58 mm
Wettest month July 332 mm
Least cloud April 47 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record February 14 °C

What to expectTuguegarao through the year

Tuguegarao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 32 °C in May, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 322 days a year reach 25 °C, 148 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 332 mm against 58 mm in March — 5.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	62 mm	67 %
February	26.1 °C	68 mm	59 %
March	28.3 °C	58 mm	52 %
April	31.0 °C	75 mm	47 %
May	32.1 °C	175 mm	67 %
June	31.7 °C	204 mm	74 %
July	30.7 °C	332 mm	82 %
August	30.3 °C	281 mm	86 %
September	29.8 °C	275 mm	82 %
October	28.7 °C	258 mm	75 %
November	27.6 °C	239 mm	71 %
December	25.6 °C	228 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	25.1 °C	19.8 °C	22.0 °C	30.0 °C	14.7 °C	17	0
February	26.1 °C	20.0 °C	22.6 °C	31.4 °C	14.2 °C	19	1
March	28.3 °C	21.2 °C	24.4 °C	34.5 °C	16.0 °C	27	8
April	31.0 °C	23.1 °C	26.6 °C	36.1 °C	17.6 °C	30	23
May	32.1 °C	24.4 °C	27.6 °C	38.4 °C	19.8 °C	31	26
June	31.7 °C	24.7 °C	27.6 °C	37.7 °C	21.8 °C	30	26
July	30.7 °C	24.4 °C	26.9 °C	36.5 °C	22.3 °C	31	22
August	30.3 °C	24.2 °C	26.7 °C	34.9 °C	22.5 °C	31	20
September	29.8 °C	23.9 °C	26.3 °C	33.6 °C	19.2 °C	30	15
October	28.7 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	32.3 °C	19.0 °C	30	6
November	27.6 °C	22.3 °C	24.4 °C	31.4 °C	16.8 °C	27	1
December	25.6 °C	20.9 °C	22.8 °C	31.0 °C	15.3 °C	19	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	62 mm	11	11 h/day	67 %	86 %	10 km/h
February	68 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	84 %	10 km/h
March	58 mm	9	12 h/day	52 %	81 %	10 km/h
April	75 mm	11	13 h/day	47 %	77 %	10 km/h
May	175 mm	19	13 h/day	67 %	78 %	11 km/h
June	204 mm	23	13 h/day	74 %	82 %	11 km/h
July	332 mm	27	13 h/day	82 %	84 %	11 km/h
August	281 mm	26	13 h/day	86 %	86 %	10 km/h
September	275 mm	25	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	10 km/h
October	258 mm	23	12 h/day	75 %	86 %	12 km/h
November	239 mm	21	11 h/day	71 %	87 %	11 km/h
December	228 mm	18	11 h/day	74 %	88 %	11 km/h

How Tuguegarao 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
Tuguegarao	32 °C	20 °C	2,256 mm	322
Ilagan · Philippines	33 °C	20 °C	2,664 mm	330
Baguio · Philippines	23 °C	14 °C	3,391 mm	3
Dagupan · Philippines	33 °C	22 °C	1,920 mm	364

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tuguegarao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tuguegarao?

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

How hot does Tuguegarao get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 148 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tuguegarao?

July, averaging 332 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is March with 58 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,256 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 Tuguegarao 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: 17.616°, 121.723° (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.