Burauen weather in May

In May, Burauen sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 154 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Burauen's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burauen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
154 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:22 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
71%
4th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Burauen is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Leyte.

Density
206/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Burauen reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Burauen

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Burauen weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 24°26425.411.44.1
Feb28° / 24°19321.111.64.3
Mar28° / 24°17022.311.94.2
Apr29° / 25°11221.412.24.0
May30° / 25°15424.312.53.3
Jun30° / 25°23626.212.63.0
Jul30° / 25°23726.212.63.0
Aug30° / 25°17022.812.43.3
Sep30° / 25°20124.112.13.1
Oct30° / 25°22226.811.83.1
Nov29° / 25°24226.111.53.3
Dec28° / 24°31227.611.43.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34654
44456
54258
64060
74060
83763
93763
103763
113466
123466
133367
143268
153268
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203070
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312674

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Burauen gets around 154 mm of rain over 24.3 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 79% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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577
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3181

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11783
21684
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51387
61387
71288
81189
91090
101090
11991
12892
13793
14793
15694
16694
17595
18595
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20496
21496
22496
23397
24397
25397
26397
27397
28298
29298
30298
31298

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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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 5:26 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:265:49
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312.45:255:49
412.45:255:50
512.45:255:50
612.45:245:50
712.45:245:50
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.07 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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296.0Bright
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Burauen

In seasonPeak

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

Burauen 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 Burauen?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Burauen.

What to pack for Burauen in May

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

In May, Burauen sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Burauen in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January 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
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Burauen 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 Burauen peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Burauen?

Burauen sits at 11.0°N, 124.9°E, 59 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Tanauan, 20 km away.

Topography around Burauen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burauen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,318 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,304 m.

The land around Burauen is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
1,318 m
80 km
1,304 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
May weather nearby: Tanauan 20 km · Palo 23 km · Abuyog 28 km · Ormoc 31 km · Tacloban 32 km · Panalanoy 33 km · Baybay 35 km · Carigara 43 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 Burauen (10.9756°, 124.8928°, elevation 59 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).