Malapatan climate — normals and trends
Malapatan (Philippines) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 2,735 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is April (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Malapatan averages 0 frost days, 101 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 287 rainy days per year.
Malapatan has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 4 April 1973) and the coldest 16.9 °C (on 25 January 1965).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- 5.97°, 125.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.8°C
Average daily high
29.0°C
Average daily low
21.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,735mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
1.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
101 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
287 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.9 °C
Average feels-like low
25.6 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
358 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.5 °C
4 April 1973
Coldest day
16.9 °C
25 January 1965
Wettest day
161 mm
27 February 1964
Windiest day
26.6 km/h
28 January 2016
Strongest gust
73.1 km/h
29 November 1955
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
2 May 2016
Coldest feels-like
17.0 °C
25 January 1965
Sunniest day
12.3 h
27 May 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 339 mm | +151 mm |
| Feb | 29.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 242 mm | +89 mm |
| Mar | 30.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 292 mm | +135 mm |
| Apr | 30.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 315 mm | +115 mm |
| May | 30.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 476 mm | +184 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 422 mm | +113 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 180 mm | -72 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 360 mm | +129 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 249 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 369 mm | +104 mm |
| Nov | 30.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 268 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 30.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 252 mm | +51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malapatan?
Malapatan has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 2,735 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malapatan?
The hottest day measured in Malapatan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1973, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malapatan?
The coldest day measured in Malapatan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1965, at 16.9 °C.
Does it snow in Malapatan?
Almost never: Malapatan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Malapatan warmed?
Yes: Malapatan warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malapatan?
The wettest day measured in Malapatan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1964, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malapatan?
The windiest day measured in Malapatan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2016, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malapatan?
The warmest month in Malapatan is April (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Malapatan?
Malapatan receives on average 2,735 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 287 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malapatan?
Malapatan gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Malapatan?
Yes: Malapatan has on average 358 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malapatan?
In Malapatan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 2 May 2016, and the lowest was 17.0 °C on 25 January 1965.
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