Boracay weather in May

In May, Boracay sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 169 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 27% 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 Boracay's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boracay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 169 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:32 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 4th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; 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 Boracay 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)	28	28	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	28	27
2	28	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 Boracay

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.

Boracay weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 25°	145	20.5	11.4	5.0
Feb	26° / 25°	93	14.9	11.6	5.7
Mar	27° / 26°	99	16.4	11.9	5.8
Apr	28° / 27°	71	15.3	12.3	5.6
May	29° / 27°	169	22.2	12.5	4.1
Jun	28° / 27°	286	25.9	12.7	3.5
Jul	28° / 26°	396	27.3	12.6	3.6
Aug	28° / 26°	289	24.9	12.4	4.0
Sep	28° / 26°	328	25.5	12.1	3.8
Oct	28° / 26°	308	26.7	11.7	3.9
Nov	28° / 26°	276	26.8	11.4	3.8
Dec	27° / 26°	306	25.9	11.3	4.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. 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 (%)	59	58	57	56	54	53	51	50	49	47	45	43	42	40	38	38	36	35	34	34	32	31	31	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	25
Cloudier (%)	41	42	43	44	46	47	49	50	51	53	55	57	58	60	62	62	64	65	66	66	68	69	69	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	47	53
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Boracay gets around 169 mm of rain over 22.2 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 71% and peaks near 81% 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 (%)	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	62
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	68
12	69
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

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 92% 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 (%)	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Miserable (%)	84	85	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Wind in May

Winds average 19 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 5:37 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:09 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	12.5	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	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:37	6:02
2	12.4	5:37	6:02
3	12.4	5:36	6:02
4	12.4	5:36	6:03
5	12.5	5:35	6:03
6	12.5	5:35	6:03
7	12.5	5:35	6:03
8	12.5	5:34	6:03
9	12.5	5:34	6:03
10	12.5	5:34	6:04
11	12.5	5:33	6:04
12	12.5	5:33	6:04
13	12.5	5:33	6:04
14	12.5	5:33	6:05
15	12.5	5:32	6:05
16	12.5	5:32	6:05
17	12.6	5:32	6:05
18	12.6	5:32	6:06
19	12.6	5:31	6:06
20	12.6	5:31	6:06
21	12.6	5:31	6:06
22	12.6	5:31	6:07
23	12.6	5:31	6:07
24	12.6	5:31	6:07
25	12.6	5:31	6:07
26	12.6	5:31	6:08
27	12.6	5:30	6:08
28	12.6	5:30	6:08
29	12.6	5:30	6:08
30	12.6	5:30	6:09
31	12.6	5:30	6:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6 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)	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Boracay

In seasonPeak

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

Boracay 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 Boracay?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Boracay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Boracay in May

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

In May, Boracay sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Boracay 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	27	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	27	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 Boracay in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boracay peaks around April 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 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)	10	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	11	9	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Location & terrain

Where is Boracay?

Boracay sits at 12.0°N, 121.9°E, 0 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Pandan, 31 km away.

Topography around Boracay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boracay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,272 m.

The land around Boracay is covered by water (72%) within 3 km, water (79%) within 16 km, and water (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

water 72%

16 km

768 m

water 79%

80 km

2,272 m

water 82%

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

May weather nearby: Pandan 31 km · Kalibo (poblacion) 56 km · Romblon 77 km · Mansalay 81 km · Roxas City 99 km · San Jose 103 km · Passi 123 km · Pinamalayan 130 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
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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 Boracay (11.9674°, 121.9248°, elevation 0 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	28	27
2	28	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	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	47	53
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	62
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	68
12	69
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	27
2	28	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	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	47	53
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	62
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	68
12	69
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	27
2	28	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	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	56	44
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	47	53
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	40	60
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	26	74
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	61
3	62
4	63
5	64
6	65
7	65
8	66
9	67
10	67
11	68
12	69
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	75
21	75
22	76
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	12	88
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94