Himamaylan weather in August

In August, Himamaylan sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 314 mm of rain across 27.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Himamaylan's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Himamaylan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
314 mm
27.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:43 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
89%
10th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Himamaylan is city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental.

Density
320/km²
people per km²
Founded
1575

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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Himamaylan reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°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 Himamaylan

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.

Himamaylan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°10814.511.54.2
Feb31° / 23°10111.311.74.1
Mar33° / 23°11712.311.93.5
Apr34° / 24°12914.112.22.8
May33° / 24°26725.512.52.4
Jun31° / 24°37528.412.62.4
Jul30° / 24°37929.412.52.6
Aug30° / 24°31427.612.32.7
Sep30° / 24°35628.512.12.6
Oct30° / 24°31728.911.82.6
Nov31° / 23°20222.911.53.1
Dec30° / 23°18220.111.43.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Himamaylan gets around 314 mm of rain over 27.6 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 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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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 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Himamaylan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Himamaylan's rainy season runs May–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
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May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Himamaylan?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Himamaylan.

What to pack for Himamaylan in August

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

In August, Himamaylan sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Himamaylan 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 offshore 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
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Himamaylan 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 Himamaylan peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
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Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec10Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Himamaylan?

Himamaylan sits at 10.1°N, 122.9°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Suay, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Himamaylan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Himamaylan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,458 m.

The land around Himamaylan is covered by water (33%), trees (32%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (38%), water (32%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
907 m
80 km
2,458 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Suay 6.0 km · Binalbagan 11 km · Kabankalan 14 km · Isabela 17 km · Hinigaran 19 km · Tinongan 22 km · La Castellana 30 km · La Carlota 37 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 Himamaylan (10.0989°, 122.8706°, 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).