Santa Catalina weather in July

In July, Santa Catalina sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 331 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Santa Catalina's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Catalina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
331 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:39 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Santa Catalina is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Negros Oriental.

Density
51/km²
people per km²
Founded
1947

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Santa Catalina reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Santa Catalina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Santa Catalina weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°548.811.55.6
Feb29° / 25°52711.75.7
Mar29° / 25°487.311.95.6
Apr30° / 26°488.112.25.1
May30° / 26°1512112.43.8
Jun29° / 26°25926.112.53.3
Jul28° / 26°33127.512.53.3
Aug28° / 26°29825.512.33.6
Sep28° / 26°31226.612.13.4
Oct29° / 26°26425.811.83.5
Nov29° / 26°11516.911.64.4
Dec29° / 26°9813.611.55.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Santa Catalina gets around 331 mm of rain over 27.5 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 65% 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 July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:366:08
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512.55:376:09
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 4.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Santa Catalina

In seasonPeak

In July, Santa Catalina sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Santa Catalina's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is July a good time to visit Santa Catalina?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Catalina.

What to pack for Santa Catalina in July

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

In July, Santa Catalina sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Santa Catalina in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — 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
Jan28Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Santa Catalina in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Santa Catalina peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 15Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Catalina?

Santa Catalina sits at 9.3°N, 122.9°E, 14 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Bayawan, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Catalina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Catalina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m.

The land around Santa Catalina is covered by trees (39%) and water (34%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
1,008 m
80 km
1,814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
July weather nearby: Bayawan 7.0 km · Tanjay 38 km · Bais 40 km · Asia 45 km · Sibulan 46 km · Dumaguete 49 km · Sipalay 69 km · Kabankalan 73 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 Santa Catalina (9.3337°, 122.8637°, elevation 14 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).