Calbayog City weather in May

In May, Calbayog City sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 127 mm of rain across 18.8 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-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 23% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Calbayog City's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calbayog City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
18.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:21 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
69%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Calbayog City is city of the Philippines in the province of Samar.

Density
77/km²
people per km²
Founded
1948

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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Calbayog City reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°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 Calbayog City

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.

Calbayog City weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°9912.211.45.9
Feb28° / 24°668.411.66.4
Mar28° / 25°549.211.95.9
Apr29° / 26°448.512.35.5
May29° / 26°12718.812.54.2
Jun29° / 26°22725.612.73.3
Jul28° / 26°32528.312.63.2
Aug28° / 26°26425.512.43.5
Sep28° / 26°29425.712.13.4
Oct28° / 26°2292511.73.7
Nov29° / 26°12618.211.44.4
Dec28° / 25°16217.211.35.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25248
35149
45050
54753
64753
74654
84357
94258
104258
114060
123961
133763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Calbayog City gets around 127 mm of rain over 18.8 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 59% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1965
2067
2168
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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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14456
24357
34159
43961
53763
63565
73367
83268
93070
102872
112773
122575
132377
142278
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211387
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:265:51
212.45:265:52
312.45:255:52
412.55:255:52
512.55:255:52
612.55:245:52
712.55:245:53
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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 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Calbayog City

In seasonPeak

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

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

Calbayog City's rainy season runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Calbayog City?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Calbayog City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Calbayog City in May

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

In May, Calbayog City sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Calbayog City 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 22 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
Dec28Warm

UV index in Calbayog City 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 Calbayog City peaks around April 14 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 14UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Calbayog City?

Calbayog City sits at 12.1°N, 124.6°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Catbalogan, 45 km away.

CarigaraIrosinPanalanoy

Topography around Calbayog City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calbayog City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,291 m.

The land around Calbayog City is covered by trees (42%) and water (41%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (44%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
483 m
80 km
1,291 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Catbalogan 45 km · Catarman 48 km · Zumarraga 55 km · Esperanza 71 km · Laoang 72 km · Carigara 86 km · Irosin 93 km · Panalanoy 101 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 Calbayog City (12.0668°, 124.5962°, elevation 7 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).