Climate and average weather in Tiwi

In Tiwi, the weather is oppressive, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around December.

Best: early January to mid May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tiwi typically varies from 24°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 22°C or above 32°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Tiwi for warm-weather activities is from early January to mid May.

Hottest
May
30°
Coldest
Jan
24°
Wettest
Dec
437 mm
Driest
Apr
86 mm
Rain / yr
2637 mm
284 wet days
Daylight
11.2–12.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
7 m
13.5°N
Clearest
Apr
51% cloud

Tiwi is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Albay.

Density
159/km²
people per km²
Founded
1696

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

Tiwi weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to mid May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tiwi, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Tiwi stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 30°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 24°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2724
Feb2724
Mar2824
Apr2925
May3026
Jun3026
Jul3025
Aug3025
Sep2925
Oct2925
Nov2825
Dec2724

How hot and cold Tiwi really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Tiwi feels like about 38°C (around June 3). About 233 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan27272424
Feb28272424
Mar31282424
Apr34292525
May37302626
Jun37302626
Jul36302525
Aug36302525
Sep36292525
Oct34292525
Nov32282525
Dec29272424

Average hourly temperature in Tiwi

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 24°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tiwi weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 24°3152611.34.2
Feb27° / 24°2082011.64.7
Mar28° / 24°17320.211.94.8
Apr29° / 25°8616.412.34.7
May30° / 26°12719.612.63.8
Jun30° / 26°15322.112.83.4
Jul30° / 25°2232712.73.0
Aug30° / 25°17024.412.43.3
Sep29° / 25°20725.312.13.2
Oct29° / 25°2512711.73.4
Nov28° / 25°28627.711.43.5
Dec27° / 24°43728.311.23.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tiwi gets about 2637 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around Aug 18 to Feb 4, peaking in November at about 93% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 13.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 437 mm over about 28 wet days; April is the driest, with 86 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 18 · 93%Apr 13 · 54%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8326
Feb7220
Mar6520
Apr5516
May6320
Jun7522
Jul8627
Aug7924
Sep8425
Oct8727
Nov9228
Dec9128

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tiwi collects about 2637 mm of rain across 284 wet days — roughly 220 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 437 mm, while April is the driest at just 86 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec31520817386127153223170207251286437
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan31526
Feb20820
Mar17320
Apr8616
May12720
Jun15322
Jul22327
Aug17024
Sep20725
Oct25127
Nov28628
Dec43728

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tiwi, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around January 15 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around May 25. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 26 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around November 4. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 89% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 9 · 64%Jul 28 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3466
Feb4555
Mar5248
Apr6238
May4258
Jun2575
Jul1288
Aug1189
Sep1288
Oct2377
Nov3466
Dec3169

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 5, brings about 12 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.36:165:33
Feb11.66:135:46
Mar11.95:585:52
Apr12.35:365:55
May12.65:236:00
Jun12.85:226:09
Jul12.75:296:13
Aug12.45:366:03
Sep12.15:375:42
Oct11.75:395:21
Nov11.45:505:12
Dec11.26:055:18

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tiwi averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.9 months, from around Feb 9 to Jun 7. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 1 sunny days — about 89% fewer than the April peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightApr 2213 daysJul 281 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar9Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May8Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Tiwi is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 99% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan119764
Feb120754
Mar0117910
Apr016336
May002080
Jun001288
Jul001684
Aug001684
Sep002179
Oct013465
Nov024256
Dec166628

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tiwi is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around Oct 22 to Mar 30. The windiest month is December, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 31 to Oct 21, with May the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 31 · 16 km/hMay 27 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar12calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Tiwi

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Tiwi 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

Best time to visit Tiwi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tiwi throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early May, Tiwi is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tiwi for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to mid May, with a peak score in the last week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 26 · 4.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.2fair
Feb4.7fair
Mar4.9fair
Apr4.7fair
May3.8fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.1poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep3.1poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.5fair
Dec3.8fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tiwi for hot-weather activities is from mid February to early June, with a peak score in the second week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 12 · 6.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tiwi, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Tiwi packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Tiwi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Tiwi

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January 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
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index (midday) in Tiwi by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tiwi peaks around August 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highAug 18UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Tiwi

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr8.56.5
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Tiwi by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tiwi is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateSep 921 µg/m³Apr 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr10Good
May14Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tiwi is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tiwi banks about 6,079 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan468
Feb426
Mar492
Apr509
May553
Jun535
Jul539
Aug542
Sep519
Oct520
Nov489
Dec486

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tiwi receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.8 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Feb 24 to Sep 14. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 39% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 226.5 kWhDec 173.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.2Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar5.7Bright
Apr6.5Intense
May6.2Intense
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.8Bright
Nov4.4Bright
Dec3.8Moderate

Where is Tiwi?

Tiwi sits at 13.5°N, 123.7°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Tabaco, 13 km away.

Topography around Tiwi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tiwi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,610 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,411 m.

The land around Tiwi is covered by water (38%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, water (54%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
1,610 m
80 km
2,411 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
Nearby: Tabaco 13 km · Malilipot 17 km · Buhi 18 km · San Jose 19 km · Polangui 28 km · Iriga City 29 km · Oas 30 km · Libon 32 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 Tiwi (13.4585°, 123.6805°, elevation 7 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).