Butuan weather in May

In May, Butuan sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 146 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-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 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Butuan's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butuan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 146 mm; 22.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:22 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; 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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Butuan 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.

	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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

How May really feels in Butuan

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.

Butuan 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	28° / 24°	268	22	11.5	4.5
Feb	28° / 24°	187	17.5	11.7	4.8
Mar	29° / 24°	149	17	11.9	4.7
Apr	30° / 25°	106	14.2	12.2	4.6
May	30° / 25°	146	22.4	12.4	3.6
Jun	30° / 25°	206	24.7	12.5	3.2
Jul	29° / 25°	179	22.9	12.5	3.5
Aug	30° / 25°	144	20.1	12.3	3.7
Sep	30° / 25°	137	20.4	12.1	3.6
Oct	29° / 25°	196	24.8	11.8	3.4
Nov	29° / 25°	220	23.5	11.6	3.6
Dec	28° / 24°	222	23.4	11.5	3.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. 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 (%)	37	35	34	33	31	31	29	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	23	22	22	20	20
Cloudier (%)	63	65	66	67	69	69	71	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	76	77	77	78	78	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	29	71
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Butuan gets around 146 mm of rain over 22.4 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 77% 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 (%)	59	61	62	64	65	67	68	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	76	77

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 62% 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 (%)	66	65	63	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67
Miserable (%)	34	35	37	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 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 5:21 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:50 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:21
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:26	5:44
2	12.3	5:25	5:44
3	12.3	5:25	5:45
4	12.3	5:25	5:45
5	12.3	5:24	5:45
6	12.3	5:24	5:45
7	12.4	5:24	5:45
8	12.4	5:24	5:45
9	12.4	5:23	5:45
10	12.4	5:23	5:45
11	12.4	5:23	5:45
12	12.4	5:23	5:46
13	12.4	5:22	5:46
14	12.4	5:22	5:46
15	12.4	5:22	5:46
16	12.4	5:22	5:46
17	12.4	5:22	5:46
18	12.4	5:22	5:47
19	12.4	5:21	5:47
20	12.4	5:21	5:47
21	12.4	5:21	5:47
22	12.4	5:21	5:47
23	12.4	5:21	5:48
24	12.4	5:21	5:48
25	12.5	5:21	5:48
26	12.5	5:21	5:48
27	12.5	5:21	5:49
28	12.5	5:21	5:49
29	12.5	5:21	5:49
30	12.5	5:21	5:49
31	12.5	5:21	5:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.52 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
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20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Butuan

In seasonPeak

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

Butuan 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 Butuan?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Butuan.

What to pack for Butuan in May

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

In May, Butuan sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Butuan 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 27 km away) is warmest in June at about 29°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	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

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

UV index in Butuan 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 Butuan peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (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)	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Location & terrain

Where is Butuan?

Butuan sits at 8.9°N, 125.5°E, 9 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Libertad, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Butuan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butuan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 801 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,474 m.

The land around Butuan is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (65%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

18 m

trees 45%

16 km

801 m

trees 65%

80 km

2,474 m

trees 68%

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

May weather nearby: Libertad 5.0 km · Buenavista 15 km · Cabadbaran 19 km · Bayugan 33 km · Mariano 49 km · Gingoog 51 km · Bah-Bah 56 km · Prosperidad 56 km

Philippines travel facts

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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 Butuan (8.9492°, 125.5436°, elevation 9 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	30	25
2	30	25
3	30	25
4	30	25
5	30	25
6	30	25
7	30	25
8	30	25
9	30	25
10	30	25
11	30	25
12	30	25
13	30	25
14	30	25
15	30	25
16	30	25
17	30	25
18	30	25
19	30	25
20	30	25
21	30	25
22	30	25
23	30	25
24	30	25
25	30	25
26	30	25
27	30	25
28	30	25
29	30	25
30	30	25
31	30	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	29	71
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	29	71
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	29	71
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33