Esperanza weather in May

In May, Esperanza sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 116 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 29% 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 Esperanza's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esperanza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
116 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:24 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
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 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 Esperanza reaches about 29°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, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Esperanza

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.

Esperanza weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
25842
35743
45545
55446
65248
75149
85050
94852
104753
114654
124456
134357
144159
154159
164060
173961
183961
193763
203763
213664
223466
233466
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253367
263268
273169
283169
293070
303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Esperanza gets around 116 mm of rain over 16.6 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 53% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
337
438
540
641
742
843
944
1045
1146
1247
1349
1450
1552
1653
1755
1856
1957
2059
2160
2262
2363
2464
2565
2666
2767
2867
2968
3068
3169

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12674
22575
32476
42278
52179
62080
71981
81882
91783
101684
111585
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Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
316light breeze
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516light breeze
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1115light breeze
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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 5:29 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:295:53
212.45:285:54
312.45:285:54
412.45:285:54
512.45:275:54
612.55:275:54
712.55:265:54
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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 6.25 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 — May's 6.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
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46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
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286.1Intense
296.0Intense
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Esperanza

In seasonPeak

In May, Esperanza sits inside its pacific typhoon 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 May a good time to visit Esperanza?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Esperanza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Esperanza in May

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

In May, Esperanza sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Esperanza 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 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 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 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
May 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).