Laoang weather in May

In May, Laoang sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 162 mm of rain across 23.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Laoang's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laoang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 162 mm; 23.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:19 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

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.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Laoang reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

How May really feels in Laoang

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

29 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Laoang weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 25°	195	23.2	11.3	4.0
Feb	29° / 24°	127	17.8	11.6	4.4
Mar	29° / 25°	114	19.4	11.9	4.2
Apr	31° / 25°	91	17.7	12.3	3.9
May	32° / 26°	162	23.4	12.6	2.9
Jun	31° / 26°	222	26.4	12.7	2.5
Jul	31° / 26°	276	27.4	12.7	2.6
Aug	31° / 26°	207	23.9	12.4	2.7
Sep	31° / 25°	233	24.9	12.1	2.7
Oct	30° / 25°	219	26.8	11.7	2.9
Nov	30° / 25°	201	26.3	11.4	3.1
Dec	29° / 25°	274	27	11.3	3.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	50	47	47	46	44	42	42	40	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	30	30	29	28	28	27	25	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	50	50	53	53	54	56	58	58	60	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	70	70	71	72	72	73	75	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	46	54
6	44	56
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Laoang gets around 162 mm of rain over 23.4 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 75% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	64	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	66
3	67
4	68
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	79
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miserable (%)	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:24	5:50
2	12.5	5:23	5:51
3	12.5	5:23	5:51
4	12.5	5:23	5:51
5	12.5	5:22	5:51
6	12.5	5:22	5:51
7	12.5	5:22	5:51
8	12.5	5:21	5:52
9	12.5	5:21	5:52
10	12.5	5:21	5:52
11	12.5	5:20	5:52
12	12.5	5:20	5:53
13	12.6	5:20	5:53
14	12.6	5:19	5:53
15	12.6	5:19	5:53
16	12.6	5:19	5:54
17	12.6	5:19	5:54
18	12.6	5:18	5:54
19	12.6	5:18	5:54
20	12.6	5:18	5:55
21	12.6	5:18	5:55
22	12.6	5:18	5:55
23	12.6	5:18	5:55
24	12.6	5:17	5:56
25	12.6	5:17	5:56
26	12.6	5:17	5:56
27	12.7	5:17	5:57
28	12.7	5:17	5:57
29	12.7	5:17	5:57
30	12.7	5:17	5:57
31	12.7	5:17	5:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Laoang

In seasonPeak

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Laoang?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Laoang.

What to pack for Laoang in May

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

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.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Laoang 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 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	27	28	28	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	28	Warm
Apr	28	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	28	Tropical

UV index in Laoang in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

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.

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

trees 41%

16 km

332 m

water 46%

80 km

827 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

← April Laoang year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather 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
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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
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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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	46	54
6	44	56
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	66
3	67
4	68
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	79
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	46	54
6	44	56
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	66
3	67
4	68
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	79
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	26
2	31	26
3	31	26
4	31	26
5	31	26
6	31	26
7	31	26
8	31	26
9	31	26
10	31	26
11	31	26
12	31	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	46	54
6	44	56
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	40	60
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	66
3	67
4	68
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	74
14	74
15	75
16	75
17	76
18	76
19	77
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	79
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100