Bantayan weather in May

In May, Bantayan sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 127 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bantayan's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bantayan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 127 mm; 20.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:26 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Bantayan reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

How May really feels in Bantayan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bantayan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 26°	145	17.6	11.4	5.4
Feb	27° / 25°	102	12.8	11.6	6.0
Mar	27° / 26°	88	12.4	11.9	6.3
Apr	28° / 27°	70	10.9	12.2	6.1
May	29° / 27°	127	20.5	12.5	4.3
Jun	29° / 27°	233	25.1	12.6	3.4
Jul	28° / 27°	235	25.1	12.6	3.6
Aug	29° / 27°	166	20.2	12.4	4.1
Sep	28° / 27°	213	23	12.1	3.8
Oct	28° / 26°	266	26.7	11.7	3.6
Nov	28° / 26°	256	23.1	11.5	4.3
Dec	27° / 26°	266	23.3	11.4	4.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	58	57	56	54	52	51	50	49	47	45	44	44	43	41	40	39	38	37	37	37	36	35	34	34	34	32	32	31	30	29	29
Cloudier (%)	42	43	44	46	48	49	50	51	53	55	56	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	63	63	64	65	66	66	66	68	68	69	70	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	54	46
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bantayan gets around 127 mm of rain over 20.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 65% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	48	49	51	52	54	55	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	77	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	51
4	52
5	54
6	55
7	56
8	57
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	65
16	66
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Miserable (%)	70	71	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	77	78	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:31	5:54
2	12.4	5:30	5:54
3	12.4	5:30	5:54
4	12.4	5:29	5:54
5	12.4	5:29	5:55
6	12.4	5:29	5:55
7	12.4	5:28	5:55
8	12.5	5:28	5:55
9	12.5	5:28	5:55
10	12.5	5:27	5:55
11	12.5	5:27	5:56
12	12.5	5:27	5:56
13	12.5	5:27	5:56
14	12.5	5:26	5:56
15	12.5	5:26	5:56
16	12.5	5:26	5:57
17	12.5	5:26	5:57
18	12.5	5:26	5:57
19	12.5	5:25	5:57
20	12.5	5:25	5:58
21	12.5	5:25	5:58
22	12.6	5:25	5:58
23	12.6	5:25	5:58
24	12.6	5:25	5:59
25	12.6	5:25	5:59
26	12.6	5:25	5:59
27	12.6	5:25	5:59
28	12.6	5:25	6:00
29	12.6	5:25	6:00
30	12.6	5:24	6:00
31	12.6	5:24	6:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bantayan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pacific typhoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bantayan?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bantayan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bantayan in May

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

In May, Bantayan sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bantayan in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	27	28	29	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	28	Warm
Apr	29	Tropical
May	30	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Bantayan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bantayan peaks around April 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Bantayan?

Bantayan sits at 11.2°N, 123.7°E, 8 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Daanbantayan, 33 km away.

Topography around Bantayan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bantayan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,842 m.

The land around Bantayan is covered by water (39%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, water (85%) within 16 km, and water (75%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

water 39%

16 km

85 m

water 85%

80 km

1,842 m

water 75%

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← April Bantayan year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Daanbantayan 33 km · Bogo 34 km · Sagay 41 km · Escalante 44 km · Paraiso 50 km · Cadiz 53 km · Manapla 69 km · Estancia 70 km

Philippines travel facts

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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
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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 Bantayan (11.1683°, 123.7223°, elevation 8 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	54	46
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	51
4	52
5	54
6	55
7	56
8	57
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	65
16	66
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	54	46
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	51
4	52
5	54
6	55
7	56
8	57
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	65
16	66
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	27
2	29	27
3	29	27
4	29	27
5	29	27
6	29	27
7	29	27
8	29	27
9	29	27
10	29	27
11	29	27
12	29	27
13	29	27
14	29	27
15	29	27
16	29	27
17	29	27
18	29	27
19	29	27
20	29	27
21	29	27
22	29	27
23	29	27
24	29	27
25	29	27
26	29	27
27	29	27
28	29	27
29	29	27
30	29	27
31	29	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	54	46
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	51
4	52
5	54
6	55
7	56
8	57
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	65
16	66
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85