Esperanza weather in August

In August, Esperanza sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 213 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Esperanza's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esperanza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
213 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:36 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Esperanza is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Masbate.

Density
260/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical August day in Esperanza reaches about 28°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, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Esperanza

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

Esperanza weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°941111.46.3
Feb27° / 25°597.411.66.9
Mar27° / 26°456.411.97.1
Apr28° / 27°47712.36.7
May29° / 27°11616.612.54.8
Jun29° / 27°23624.112.73.6
Jul28° / 27°28626.212.63.5
Aug28° / 27°21323.312.43.8
Sep28° / 27°26224.212.13.7
Oct28° / 26°24424.311.73.9
Nov28° / 26°16018.611.54.9
Dec27° / 26°17617.511.35.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21090
31090
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51189
61189
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Esperanza gets around 213 mm of rain over 23.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
180
279
378
476
575
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773
873
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1473
1574
1675
1776
1876
1977
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2178
2278
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2478
2578
2678
2778
2878
2978
3078
3179

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12575
22476
32476
42476
52476
62377
72377
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102476
112476
122575
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223070
233070
243169
253169
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273169
283268
293268
303268
313268

Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:346:06
212.55:346:05
312.55:356:05
412.55:356:05
512.55:356:04
612.55:356:04
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Esperanza

In seasonPeak

In August, Esperanza sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Esperanza's rainy season runs June–December, 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 August a good time to visit Esperanza?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Esperanza.

What to pack for Esperanza in August

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

In August, Esperanza sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Esperanza in August

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) 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.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Esperanza in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Esperanza peaks around April 12 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 12UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Esperanza?

Esperanza sits at 11.7°N, 124.0°E, 6 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Daanbantayan, 55 km away.

CarigaraZumarragaCatbalogan

Topography around Esperanza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esperanza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,310 m.

The land around Esperanza is covered by water (51%) and trees (47%) within 3 km, water (85%) within 16 km, and water (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
178 m
80 km
1,310 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Daanbantayan 55 km · Calbayog City 71 km · Bantayan 72 km · Bogo 76 km · Masbate 84 km · Carigara 85 km · Zumarraga 88 km · Catbalogan 92 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 Esperanza (11.7365°, 124.042°, elevation 6 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).