Kabankalan weather in January

In January, Kabankalan sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 108 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kabankalan's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabankalan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
108 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:14 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
73%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

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

Density
302/km²
people per km²
Founded
1907

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kabankalan reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°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, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Kabankalan

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

Kabankalan weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 11th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22971
32971
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kabankalan gets around 108 mm of rain over 14.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 48% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
154
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3144

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
167321
267420
367519
467717
567816
667915
768014
868113
968212
1068212
1158411
1258411
1358510
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:095:35
211.46:105:35
311.46:105:36
411.46:105:36
511.46:115:37
611.46:115:37
711.46:115:38
811.46:125:38
911.46:125:39
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.81 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 — January's 4.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kabankalan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kabankalan's rainy season runs May–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 January a good time to visit Kabankalan?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kabankalan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kabankalan in January

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

In January, Kabankalan sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kabankalan in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 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
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Kabankalan in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabankalan 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Nov 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec10Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Kabankalan?

Kabankalan sits at 10.0°N, 122.8°E, 11 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Suay, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Kabankalan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabankalan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 841 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,456 m.

The land around Kabankalan is covered by cropland (44%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
841 m
80 km
2,456 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Suay 8.0 km · Himamaylan 14 km · Binalbagan 24 km · Isabela 31 km · Hinigaran 32 km · Tinongan 35 km · La Castellana 44 km · La Carlota 50 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 Kabankalan (9.9839°, 122.8142°, elevation 11 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).