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Climate of the Philippine Islands
The Philippines has a tropical climate that is hot and humid all year round. Mean average temperature is 26.6 degree celsius, with warmest month being in May with a 28.3 degree celcius average and January the coolest with 25.5 degree celsius.
Rainfall varies throughout the year, and because the Philippines covers such a vast area, it also varies throughout the regions. Different moisture-bearing weather systems affect the country from different directions so topography also plays a big part in rainfall distribution. General Santos City in the far south receives 39 inches of rain per year, which sounds a lot, but Baguio in the Cordillera has over 4 meters dumped on its verdant hills.
There are two major seasons in the year: the rainy season from June to Novembera dn the dry season from December to May. Throughout the dry season, temperatures gradually rise until the arrival of the rains. The archipelago is affected by important regional winds that complicate this seasonal picture and divide the country into roughly four climatic types.
Climate region one (western Luzon and western coasts of the western VIsayas islands) has a dry season between November and April; the rest of the year is classed as wet season.
Climate region two (eastern Mindanao and the eastern coasts of the Eastern Visayas) is classed as having no dry season, but has more pronounces rainfall from November to January.
Climate region three (cutting a swathe through the central sections of Luzon and the Central Visayas, plus eastern Palawan) has a wet season from November to April but the two seasons are not as clear as in region one.
In climate region four (eastern Luzon and middle Visayas plus central Mindanao), rainfall is fairly evenly spread throughout the year.