Zumarraga weather in May

In May, Zumarraga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 115 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 12.5 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 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zumarraga's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zumarraga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
115 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:21 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
69%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Zumarraga is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Samar.

Density
422/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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Zumarraga 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Zumarraga

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.

Zumarraga 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° / 25°10812.911.45.8
Feb28° / 25°709.211.66.1
Mar29° / 25°56911.95.8
Apr30° / 26°427.812.35.4
May30° / 26°11516.812.54.2
Jun29° / 26°21524.412.73.3
Jul29° / 26°30727.612.63.2
Aug29° / 26°23824.312.43.6
Sep29° / 26°27425.312.13.4
Oct29° / 26°22624.811.73.6
Nov29° / 26°12817.411.54.5
Dec28° / 25°16517.111.35.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35149
44951
54852
64654
74555
84456
94258
104159
114159
123961
133862
143862
153763
163565
173565
183466
193466
203367
213367
223268
233169
243268
253070
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272971
282773
292773
302773
312773

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zumarraga gets around 115 mm of rain over 16.8 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 53% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
134
236
337
438
540
641
742
843
945
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1147
1248
1350
1451
1552
1654
1755
1856
1958
2059
2161
2262
2363
2464
2565
2666
2767
2867
2968
3068
3169

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14258
24060
33862
43763
53565
63367
73268
83070
92971
102773
112674
122476
132377
142179
152080
161981
171783
181684
191585
201486
211387
221288
231189
241090
251090
26991
27892
28892
29793
30793
31694

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 36 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 5:26 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:265:50
212.45:255:50
312.45:255:50
412.45:245:51
512.45:245:51
612.55:245:51
712.55:235:51
812.55:235:51
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1012.55:225:52
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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 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.76 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 Zumarraga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Zumarraga's rainy season runs June–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 May a good time to visit Zumarraga?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zumarraga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zumarraga in May

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

In May, Zumarraga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Zumarraga 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 at the nearest coast (about 24 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
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Zumarraga 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 Zumarraga peaks around April 14 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 highApr 14UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Zumarraga?

Zumarraga sits at 11.6°N, 124.8°E, 6 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Catbalogan, 16 km away.

Topography around Zumarraga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zumarraga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,309 m.

The land around Zumarraga is covered by water (55%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, water (70%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
352 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
1,309 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
May weather nearby: Catbalogan 16 km · Carigara 42 km · Panalanoy 47 km · Tacloban 47 km · Calbayog City 55 km · Palo 56 km · Tanauan 62 km · Borongan 64 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 Zumarraga (11.6388°, 124.8417°, elevation 6 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).