Roxas weather in August

In August, Roxas sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 212 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-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 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Roxas's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Roxas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
212 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:56 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Roxas is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan.

Density
13/km²
people per km²
Founded
1951

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Roxas reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Roxas

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.

Roxas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°731411.55.2
Feb29° / 25°5710.511.75.5
Mar29° / 25°7413.911.95.0
Apr30° / 26°7415.712.24.3
May30° / 26°16124.512.53.2
Jun30° / 26°21126.512.63.0
Jul29° / 25°24327.512.53.0
Aug29° / 25°21226.412.33.2
Sep29° / 25°23526.712.13.0
Oct29° / 25°23527.311.83.1
Nov29° / 25°19025.311.53.4
Dec29° / 25°16422.511.44.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4793
5793
6892
7892
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Roxas gets around 212 mm of rain over 26.4 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 85% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
186
285
385
484
583
683
783
883
983
1083
1183
1283
1383
1483
1584
1684
1785
1885
1986
2086
2187
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2487
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2687
2787
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2986
3086
3186

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152179
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262278
272278
282377
292476
302476
312575

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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159calm
169calm
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268calm
278calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:556:22
212.55:556:22
312.45:556:22
412.45:556:22
512.45:556:21
612.45:566:21
712.45:566:21
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Roxas

In seasonPeak

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

Roxas 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 August a good time to visit Roxas?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Roxas.

What to pack for Roxas in August

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

In August, Roxas sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Roxas 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 May 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 Roxas in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Roxas peaks around March 21 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 21UV 14Nov 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec10Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Roxas?

Roxas sits at 10.3°N, 119.3°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Puerto Princesa, 93 km away.

Puerto PrincesaEl NidoNarraCulionCoronBrookes PointJose RizalSan Jose

Topography around Roxas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Roxas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Roxas is covered by water (50%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (44%) within 16 km, and water (71%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
279 m
16 km
478 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Puerto Princesa 93 km · El Nido 96 km · Narra 156 km · Culion 189 km · Coron 209 km · Brookes Point 239 km · Jose Rizal 258 km · San Jose 294 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 Roxas (10.3215°, 119.3451°, 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).