Dapitan weather in April

In April, Dapitan sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 92 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dapitan's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dapitan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 92 mm; 17.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:41 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 1st clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Dapitan is city of the Philippines in the province of Zamboanga del Norte.

Density: 225/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1629

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical April day in Dapitan reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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, April runs about 1°C warmer than March and on par with May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

How April really feels in Dapitan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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 April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dapitan weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 26°	180	23.1	11.6	4.5
Feb	27° / 25°	142	18.2	11.7	5.0
Mar	28° / 26°	106	17.7	11.9	5.3
Apr	28° / 26°	92	17.6	12.2	4.8
May	29° / 27°	147	23.4	12.4	3.8
Jun	29° / 26°	209	25.2	12.5	3.4
Jul	29° / 26°	183	24.5	12.5	3.6
Aug	29° / 26°	152	21.3	12.3	3.9
Sep	29° / 26°	180	23.9	12.1	3.6
Oct	29° / 26°	230	27.1	11.8	3.4
Nov	28° / 26°	248	26.5	11.6	3.5
Dec	28° / 26°	246	27.3	11.5	3.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. 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
Clearer (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	53	52	52	52	51	52	50	50	50	49	48	48	48	47	45	44
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	47	48	48	48	49	48	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	53	55	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	45	55
30	44	56

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Dapitan gets around 92 mm of rain over 17.6 wet days in April, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 66% 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
Rain chance (%)	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	58
11	58
12	59
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	65
29	65
30	66

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 84% 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
Oppressive (%)	32	31	30	29	27	26	25	23	22	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	4
Miserable (%)	68	69	70	71	73	74	75	77	78	80	81	82	84	85	86	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	96	96

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96

Wind in April

Winds average 16 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	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	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:52 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
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:49	5:53
2	12.1	5:48	5:53
3	12.1	5:48	5:53
4	12.1	5:47	5:53
5	12.1	5:47	5:53
6	12.1	5:46	5:53
7	12.1	5:45	5:53
8	12.1	5:45	5:53
9	12.1	5:44	5:53
10	12.1	5:44	5:53
11	12.2	5:43	5:52
12	12.2	5:43	5:52
13	12.2	5:42	5:52
14	12.2	5:42	5:52
15	12.2	5:41	5:52
16	12.2	5:41	5:52
17	12.2	5:40	5:52
18	12.2	5:40	5:52
19	12.2	5:39	5:52
20	12.2	5:39	5:52
21	12.2	5:38	5:52
22	12.2	5:38	5:52
23	12.2	5:38	5:52
24	12.3	5:37	5:52
25	12.3	5:37	5:52
26	12.3	5:36	5:52
27	12.3	5:36	5:52
28	12.3	5:36	5:52
29	12.3	5:35	5:52
30	12.3	5:35	5:52

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.62 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.62 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 6.62 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4
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

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

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Dapitan

In seasonPeak

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

Dapitan 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 April a good time to visit Dapitan?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Dapitan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dapitan in April

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

In April, Dapitan sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Dapitan in April

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in April — 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 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	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	27	Warm
Apr	28	Warm
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 Dapitan in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dapitan peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	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	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Dapitan?

Dapitan sits at 8.7°N, 123.4°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Dipolog, 14 km away.

Topography around Dapitan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dapitan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 245 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 576 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,368 m.

The land around Dapitan is covered by trees (49%) and water (42%) within 3 km, water (58%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and water (61%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

245 m

trees 49%

16 km

576 m

water 58%

80 km

2,368 m

water 61%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

← March Dapitan year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Dipolog 14 km · Oroquieta 46 km · Mahayag 60 km · Molave 64 km · Ozamiz City 73 km · Dumaguete 73 km · Tangub 75 km · Tubod 78 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

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 Dapitan (8.6561°, 123.4227°, 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	45	55
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	58
11	58
12	59
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	65
29	65
30	66

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	45	55
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	58
11	58
12	59
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	65
29	65
30	66

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	45	55
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	56
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	58
11	58
12	59
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	63
27	64
28	65
29	65
30	66

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	27	73
6	26	74
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	22	78
10	20	80
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	5	95
29	4	96
30	4	96