Climate and average weather in Laoang

In Laoang, the weather is oppressive, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around July.

Best: early January to late April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Laoang typically varies from 24°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 23°C or above 33°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Laoang for warm-weather activities is from early January to late April.

Hottest
May
32°
Coldest
Jan
25°
Wettest
Jul
276 mm
Driest
Apr
91 mm
Rain / yr
2321 mm
284 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
12 m
12.6°N
Clearest
Apr
58% cloud

Laoang is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Northern Samar.

Density
68/km²
people per km²
Founded
1768

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

Laoang weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Laoang, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Laoang stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 32°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 25°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2825
Feb2924
Mar2925
Apr3125
May3226
Jun3126
Jul3126
Aug3126
Sep3125
Oct3025
Nov3025
Dec2925

How hot and cold Laoang really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Laoang feels like about 40°C (around May 25). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 144 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32282525
Feb33292424
Mar35292525
Apr38312525
May40322626
Jun40312626
Jul39312526
Aug39312626
Sep39312525
Oct38302525
Nov36302525
Dec34292525

Average hourly temperature in Laoang

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 25°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Laoang weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°19523.211.34.0
Feb29° / 24°12717.811.64.4
Mar29° / 25°11419.411.94.2
Apr31° / 25°9117.712.33.9
May32° / 26°16223.412.62.9
Jun31° / 26°22226.412.72.5
Jul31° / 26°27627.412.72.6
Aug31° / 26°20723.912.42.7
Sep31° / 25°23324.912.12.7
Oct30° / 25°21926.811.72.9
Nov30° / 25°20126.311.43.1
Dec29° / 25°2742711.33.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Laoang gets about 2321 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.6 months, from around Aug 19 to Jan 4, peaking in December at about 89% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 9.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 276 mm over about 27 wet days; April is the driest, with 91 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 7 · 89%Apr 9 · 59%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7523
Feb6418
Mar6219
Apr6018
May7523
Jun8826
Jul8827
Aug7924
Sep8325
Oct8627
Nov8826
Dec8627

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Laoang collects about 2321 mm of rain across 284 wet days — roughly 193 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 276 mm, while April is the driest at just 91 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec19512711491162222276207233219201274
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan19523
Feb12718
Mar11419
Apr9118
May16223
Jun22226
Jul27627
Aug20724
Sep23325
Oct21927
Nov20126
Dec27427

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Laoang, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around January 16 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around May 27. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 28 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around November 12. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 8 · 55%Jul 29 · 7%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2872
Feb4060
Mar4753
Apr5446
May3664
Jun2080
Jul991
Aug1189
Sep1189
Oct1882
Nov2674
Dec2476

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 27, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.36:095:29
Feb11.66:075:42
Mar11.95:525:47
Apr12.35:325:49
May12.65:195:54
Jun12.75:186:02
Jul12.75:256:06
Aug12.45:315:57
Sep12.15:325:36
Oct11.75:345:16
Nov11.45:435:08
Dec11.35:585:14

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Laoang averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.8 months, from around Jan 30 to May 25. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 1 sunny days — about 92% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 1010 daysJul 311 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr10Mixed
May6Gloomy
Jun2Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Laoang is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressive
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan24751
Feb35443
Mar13664
Apr01288
May0199
Jun00100
Jul0199
Aug0199
Sep0199
Oct0298
Nov0793
Dec11782

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Laoang is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around Nov 9 to Apr 16. The windiest month is January, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 17 to Nov 8, with June the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 5 · 16 km/hJun 2 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug11calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Laoang

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Laoang 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

Best time to visit Laoang

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Laoang throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Laoang is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Laoang for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to late April, with a peak score in the third week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 21 · 4.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.0fair
Feb4.4fair
Mar4.2fair
Apr3.9fair
May2.9poor
Jun2.5poor
Jul2.6poor
Aug2.7poor
Sep2.7poor
Oct2.9poor
Nov3.1poor
Dec3.4poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Laoang for hot-weather activities is from early January to mid May, with a peak score in the first week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 5 · 5.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Laoang, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Laoang packs about the same all year — highs hold near 32°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Laoang sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Laoang

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 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
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index (midday) in Laoang by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laoang peaks around April 15 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 15UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Laoang

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in April the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86.5
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov75
Dec6.54.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Laoang is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Laoang banks about 6,454 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan507
Feb460
Mar527
Apr539
May579
Jun557
Jul566
Aug571
Sep548
Oct553
Nov524
Dec523

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Laoang receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.6 and 6.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Feb 25 to Jul 24. The brightest month is April, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 38% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 226.0 kWhDec 233.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb4.5Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr5.9Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep4.9Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.1Bright
Dec3.6Moderate

Where is Laoang?

Laoang sits at 12.6°N, 125.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Catarman, 42 km away.

CatbaloganGubatZumarragaIrosinBoronganSorsogon

Topography around Laoang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laoang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 827 m.

The land around Laoang is covered by trees (41%) and water (35%) within 3 km, water (46%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
332 m
80 km
827 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: Catarman 42 km · Calbayog City 72 km · Catbalogan 89 km · Gubat 104 km · Zumarraga 105 km · Irosin 108 km · Borongan 116 km · Sorsogon 119 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 Laoang (12.5698°, 125.0141°, elevation 12 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).