Tanjay weather in May

In May, Tanjay sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 139 mm of rain across 23.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Tanjay's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tanjay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
23.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:31 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
73%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Tanjay is city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Oriental.

Density
317/km²
people per km²
Founded
1580

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Tanjay reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°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 Tanjay

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.

Tanjay weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 24°11118.511.55.0
Feb28° / 24°10213.311.75.6
Mar29° / 25°9314.311.95.2
Apr30° / 25°7815.112.24.6
May30° / 26°13923.412.43.5
Jun29° / 25°19125.712.53.2
Jul29° / 25°19826.112.53.3
Aug29° / 25°16223.612.33.6
Sep29° / 25°17724.812.13.4
Oct29° / 25°19427.111.83.3
Nov29° / 25°16224.311.63.6
Dec28° / 25°16323.211.54.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% 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 (%)
14456
24159
34159
43961
53862
63763
73565
83466
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113169
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tanjay gets around 139 mm of rain over 23.4 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 75% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
264
366
467
568
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771
872
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1478
1579
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1979
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2179
2278
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2478
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2677
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3077
3177

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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53862
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 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 5:35 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:355:55
212.35:345:55
312.35:345:55
412.45:345:55
512.45:335:55
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712.45:335:55
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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 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tanjay

In seasonPeak

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

Tanjay 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 Tanjay?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tanjay.

What to pack for Tanjay in May

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

In May, Tanjay sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tanjay in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 27 km away) 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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Tanjay 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 Tanjay peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 22UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Tanjay?

Tanjay sits at 9.5°N, 123.2°E, 10 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Bais, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Tanjay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tanjay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,082 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m.

The land around Tanjay is covered by water (30%), trees (25%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
1,082 m
80 km
1,814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Bais 9.0 km · Sibulan 22 km · Dumaguete 29 km · Santa Catalina 38 km · Bayawan 42 km · Kabankalan 64 km · Guihulñgan 68 km · Suay 69 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 Tanjay (9.5162°, 123.158°, 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).