Surigao weather in August

In August, Surigao sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 102 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-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 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Surigao's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surigao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 15 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:32 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Surigao reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	32	26
8	32	26
9	32	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

How August really feels in Surigao

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

30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Surigao weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 25°	274	24.9	11.5	3.6
Feb	29° / 25°	205	19.8	11.7	3.9
Mar	30° / 25°	133	18.2	11.9	4.0
Apr	31° / 26°	80	13.7	12.2	3.9
May	32° / 26°	74	15	12.4	3.3
Jun	32° / 26°	125	19	12.6	3.0
Jul	31° / 26°	136	19	12.5	3.2
Aug	32° / 26°	102	15	12.3	3.4
Sep	32° / 26°	113	17.3	12.1	3.2
Oct	31° / 26°	158	23.1	11.8	3.1
Nov	30° / 26°	193	22.6	11.6	3.3
Dec	29° / 25°	224	25.4	11.4	3.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	9	9	10	10	11	11	13	14	15	15	17	17	18	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	91	91	90	90	89	89	87	86	85	85	83	83	82	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	18	82
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Surigao gets around 102 mm of rain over 15 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 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	52	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24
Miserable (%)	83	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	78	77	76	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:31 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:31	5:57
2	12.4	5:31	5:57
3	12.4	5:31	5:57
4	12.4	5:31	5:56
5	12.4	5:32	5:56
6	12.4	5:32	5:56
7	12.4	5:32	5:55
8	12.4	5:32	5:55
9	12.4	5:32	5:55
10	12.4	5:32	5:54
11	12.4	5:32	5:54
12	12.4	5:32	5:54
13	12.3	5:32	5:53
14	12.3	5:32	5:53
15	12.3	5:32	5:52
16	12.3	5:32	5:52
17	12.3	5:32	5:51
18	12.3	5:32	5:51
19	12.3	5:32	5:50
20	12.3	5:32	5:50
21	12.3	5:32	5:50
22	12.3	5:32	5:49
23	12.3	5:32	5:48
24	12.3	5:32	5:48
25	12.3	5:32	5:47
26	12.2	5:32	5:47
27	12.2	5:32	5:46
28	12.2	5:32	5:46
29	12.2	5:32	5:45
30	12.2	5:32	5:45
31	12.2	5:32	5:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
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20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Surigao

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pacific typhoon

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Surigao?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Surigao.

What to pack for Surigao in August

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

In August, Surigao sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Surigao 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 June at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	28	Warm
Apr	28	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	29	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Surigao in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Surigao peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Surigao?

Surigao sits at 9.8°N, 125.5°E, 10 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is San Jose, 44 km away.

Topography around Surigao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surigao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 862 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,905 m.

The land around Surigao is covered by water (63%) within 3 km, water (56%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and water (72%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

water 63%

16 km

862 m

water 56%

80 km

1,905 m

water 72%

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← July Surigao year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: San Jose 44 km · Siargao 62 km · Cabadbaran 74 km · Maasin 81 km · Buenavista 91 km · Butuan 94 km · Libertad 94 km · Tandag 110 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

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 Surigao (9.789°, 125.495°, 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	32	26
8	32	26
9	32	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	18	82
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	32	26
8	32	26
9	32	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	18	82
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	26
2	32	26
3	32	26
4	32	26
5	32	26
6	32	26
7	32	26
8	32	26
9	32	26
10	32	26
11	32	26
12	32	26
13	32	26
14	32	26
15	32	26
16	32	26
17	32	26
18	32	26
19	32	26
20	32	26
21	32	26
22	32	26
23	32	26
24	32	26
25	32	26
26	32	26
27	32	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26
31	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	13	87
8	14	86
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	18	82
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	50
6	50
7	49
8	49
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	48
25	49
26	49
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	24	76
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76