Sablayan weather in August

In August, Sablayan sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 591 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sablayan's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sablayan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
26°
6th coldest
Rainfall
591 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:48 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
90%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Sablayan is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Occidental Mindoro.

Density
42/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Sablayan reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°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 Sablayan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Sablayan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°305.411.37.0
Feb28° / 25°275.111.67.0
Mar29° / 26°356.611.96.4
Apr29° / 27°438.812.35.6
May29° / 27°21921.712.63.9
Jun29° / 26°41127.112.73.2
Jul28° / 26°6642912.73.4
Aug28° / 26°5912812.43.6
Sep28° / 26°51426.812.13.6
Oct28° / 26°28723.311.74.1
Nov29° / 26°10612.811.45.2
Dec28° / 26°11510.311.35.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sablayan gets around 591 mm of rain over 28 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 94% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 54% 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 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 5:46 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:466:20
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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 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sablayan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sablayan's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Sablayan?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sablayan.

What to pack for Sablayan in August

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

In August, Sablayan sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Sablayan 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 at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February near 28°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
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
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Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Sablayan 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 Sablayan peaks around August 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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
Jan10Extreme
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Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Sablayan?

Sablayan sits at 12.8°N, 120.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Mamburao, 47 km away.

Rosario

Topography around Sablayan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sablayan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,538 m.

The land around Sablayan is covered by water (69%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
487 m
80 km
2,538 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Mamburao 47 km · San Jose 63 km · Victoria 67 km · Puerto Galera 77 km · Calapan 78 km · Pinamalayan 79 km · Mansalay 81 km · Rosario 101 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 Sablayan (12.8346°, 120.769°, elevation 10 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).