San Jose weather in May

In May, San Jose sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 157 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 28% 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 San Jose's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Jose's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:35 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
64%
7th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

San Jose is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Occidental Mindoro.

Density
321/km²
people per km²
Founded
1910

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in San Jose reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°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, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in San Jose

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

San Jose weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°243.111.47.5
Feb27° / 26°23211.67.8
Mar28° / 26°192.611.97.5
Apr29° / 27°252.712.36.8
May29° / 27°15715.112.64.9
Jun29° / 27°33124.112.73.6
Jul28° / 26°51126.712.73.6
Aug28° / 26°44026.412.43.8
Sep28° / 26°40224.412.13.9
Oct28° / 27°23418.611.74.7
Nov28° / 27°1038.511.45.9
Dec28° / 26°1107.511.36.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26238
36139
46040
55743
65644
75545
85347
95248
105050
114852
124753
134654
144456
154258
164159
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213466
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233268
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

San Jose gets around 157 mm of rain over 15.1 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 48% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
123
224
326
427
529
630
732
834
935
1037
1139
1241
1343
1445
1547
1649
1751
1853
1955
2057
2158
2260
2361
2463
2564
2665
2765
2866
2966
3067
3167

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12773
22575
32476
42278
52080
61882
71783
81684
91486
101387
111288
121189
131090
14991
15892
16793
17793
18694
19694
20694
21595
22595
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26496
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Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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417light breeze
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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 5:40 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:406:06
212.45:406:06
312.55:396:06
412.55:396:06
512.55:386:07
612.55:386:07
712.55:386:07
812.55:376:07
912.55:376:07
1012.55:376:08
1112.55:366:08
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1312.55:366:08
1412.65:356:09
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
26.7Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
56.6Intense
66.5Intense
76.5Intense
86.5Intense
96.4Intense
106.4Intense
116.3Intense
126.3Intense
136.3Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.0Intense
216.0Bright
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235.9Bright
245.9Bright
255.9Bright
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275.8Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for San Jose

In seasonPeak

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

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

San Jose's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit San Jose?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit San Jose for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for San Jose in May

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

In May, San Jose sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near San Jose in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°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 21 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
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in San Jose in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Jose peaks around April 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 15UV 14Nov 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is San Jose?

San Jose sits at 12.4°N, 121.1°E, 9 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Mansalay, 44 km away.

PinamalayanVictoriaCoronBoracayMamburaoCalapan

Topography around San Jose

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Jose has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 565 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,520 m.

The land around San Jose is covered by water (47%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, water (42%), trees (26%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and water (69%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
565 m
80 km
2,520 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
May weather nearby: Mansalay 44 km · Sablayan 63 km · Pinamalayan 88 km · Victoria 94 km · Coron 102 km · Boracay 103 km · Mamburao 109 km · Calapan 118 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 San Jose (12.3528°, 121.0676°, elevation 9 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).