Bantay weather in January

In January, Bantay sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bantay's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bantay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:36 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Bantay is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Ilocos Sur.

Density
484/km²
people per km²
Founded
1593

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bantay reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Bantay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bantay weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 22°163.111.17.7
Feb28° / 22°16311.47.7
Mar29° / 23°235.611.96.7
Apr29° / 25°491212.45.4
May29° / 25°20322.912.83.7
Jun29° / 25°36727.2133.1
Jul29° / 25°59029.212.93.1
Aug28° / 25°61728.812.63.2
Sep28° / 25°41127.612.13.3
Oct29° / 24°24019.511.64.3
Nov29° / 24°9312.811.25.2
Dec28° / 23°457.4116.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bantay gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:335:31
211.06:335:31
311.06:335:32
411.06:345:32
511.06:345:33
611.06:345:33
711.06:345:34
811.06:355:35
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1211.06:365:37
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bantay

In seasonPeak

In January, Bantay sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bantay sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Bantay's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bantay?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Bantay for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bantay in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bantay sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Bantay in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Bantay in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bantay peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 16UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bantay in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bantay is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2416 µg/m³Dec 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul9Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bantay?

Bantay sits at 17.6°N, 120.4°E, 15 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Vigan, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Bantay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bantay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bantay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,097 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,557 m.

The land around Bantay is covered by cropland (48%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
1,097 m
80 km
2,557 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Vigan 1.0 km · Bangued 27 km · Batac City 56 km · San Nicolas 69 km · Santa Maria 71 km · Laoag 72 km · Tagudin 72 km · Bontoc 83 km

Philippines travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$4,171
2025
Happiness
6.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
48%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other 8%Muslim 6%other Christian 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bantay (17.5847°, 120.3892°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).