Sibonga weather in May

In May, Sibonga sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 161 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.5 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 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sibonga's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sibonga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
161 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:28 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
74%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Sibonga is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cebu.

Density
409/km²
people per km²

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 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Sibonga reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 33°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 Sibonga

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Sibonga 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°16822.311.53.9
Feb29° / 24°14017.511.74.1
Mar30° / 24°12618.211.93.9
Apr32° / 25°10618.312.23.4
May32° / 25°16125.512.52.5
Jun31° / 25°23426.712.62.4
Jul31° / 25°23826.812.52.6
Aug31° / 25°18824.512.32.7
Sep31° / 25°21825.312.12.6
Oct31° / 25°21627.311.82.7
Nov30° / 25°19724.811.53.1
Dec29° / 24°2272611.43.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34159
43961
53862
63763
73565
83565
93466
103367
113268
123169
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sibonga gets around 161 mm of rain over 25.5 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 82% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
273
374
475
575
676
777
878
979
1080
1180
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1483
1583
1684
1785
1885
1985
2085
2186
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3185

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11387
21288
31288
41189
51090
61090
7991
8892
9892
10793
11793
12694
13694
14595
15595
16595
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21397
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30496
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:325:53
212.45:325:53
312.45:325:53
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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 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sibonga

In seasonPeak

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

Sibonga 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 Sibonga?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sibonga.

What to pack for Sibonga in May

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

In May, Sibonga sees daytime highs around 32°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 Sibonga 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 offshore 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.

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 Sibonga 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 Sibonga peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 24UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Sibonga?

Sibonga sits at 10.0°N, 123.6°E, 11 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Carcar, 10 km away.

Topography around Sibonga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sibonga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 721 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,424 m.

The land around Sibonga is covered by trees (47%) and water (42%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and water (42%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
279 m
16 km
721 m
80 km
2,424 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Carcar 10 km · San Fernando 19 km · Naga 26 km · Pinamungahan 28 km · Minglanilla 32 km · Talisay 36 km · Guihulñgan 39 km · Toledo 40 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 Sibonga (10.0168°, 123.6171°, elevation 11 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).