Pilar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pilar?

Pilar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,043 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pilar?

The hottest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pilar?

The coldest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1971, at 18.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pilar?

Almost never: Pilar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pilar warmed?

Yes: Pilar warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pilar?

The wettest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1964, with 267 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pilar?

The windiest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1942, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pilar?

The warmest month in Pilar is May (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pilar?

Pilar receives on average 2,043 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pilar?

Pilar gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pilar (Philippines) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,043 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 May (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Pilar averages 0 frost days, 106 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.

Pilar has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 12 May 2024) and the coldest 18.7 °C (on 10 January 1971).

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

PilarCentral Luzon

coords: 14.66°, 120.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

29.1°C

Average daily low

24.3°C

Annual rainfall

2,043mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

106 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

182 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.4 °C

Average feels-like low

27.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.1 °C

12 May 2024

Coldest day

18.7 °C

10 January 1971

Wettest day

267 mm

30 June 1964

Windiest day

68.5 km/h

21 November 1942

Strongest gust

143.3 km/h

21 November 1942

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

28 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

16.5 °C

19 January 1961

Sunniest day

12.2 h

20 June 1972

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.3 °C26 April 2025	22.7 °C28 January 2025	27.2 °C	2,872 mm	134
2024	35.1 °C12 May 2024	21.7 °C27 January 2024	27.6 °C	2,411 mm	205
2023	32.9 °C24 March 2023	22.1 °C17 February 2023	27.3 °C	2,130 mm	174
2022	34.3 °C8 May 2022	21.6 °C18 January 2022	27.2 °C	2,334 mm	170
2021	34.4 °C17 May 2021	21.1 °C20 February 2021	27.2 °C	1,892 mm	160
2020	34.3 °C5 May 2020	21.5 °C4 February 2020	27.3 °C	2,162 mm	176
2019	34.3 °C25 April 2019	21.5 °C8 February 2019	27.1 °C	2,264 mm	140
2018	33.9 °C2 May 2018	22.1 °C7 February 2018	27.0 °C	2,577 mm	148
2017	34.3 °C13 May 2017	20.6 °C15 February 2017	27.0 °C	2,147 mm	148
2016	34.2 °C4 May 2016	21.8 °C9 February 2016	27.2 °C	1,928 mm	141
2015	33.7 °C18 April 2015	21.2 °C10 January 2015	26.9 °C	1,882 mm	174
2014	34.4 °C17 May 2014	19.8 °C26 January 2014	26.8 °C	2,170 mm	121
2013	33.9 °C8 May 2013	21.4 °C25 January 2013	26.9 °C	2,322 mm	135
2012	33.8 °C29 April 2012	22.1 °C7 February 2012	26.7 °C	2,304 mm	118
2011	33.0 °C6 May 2011	21.1 °C2 February 2011	26.3 °C	2,760 mm	72
2010	34.0 °C13 May 2010	21.5 °C5 February 2010	27.0 °C	1,674 mm	153
2009	32.2 °C5 April 2009	19.8 °C15 January 2009	26.4 °C	2,846 mm	88
2008	33.0 °C23 April 2008	21.5 °C17 December 2008	26.5 °C	2,266 mm	106
2007	33.2 °C24 April 2007	20.5 °C30 January 2007	26.8 °C	1,805 mm	139
2006	33.5 °C9 May 2006	22.1 °C9 January 2006	26.8 °C	2,107 mm	115
2005	33.4 °C30 April 2005	20.3 °C16 January 2005	26.6 °C	1,985 mm	126
2004	33.9 °C27 April 2004	21.6 °C18 February 2004	26.6 °C	1,567 mm	106
2003	34.0 °C8 May 2003	21.1 °C27 January 2003	26.6 °C	1,694 mm	119
2002	32.9 °C8 May 2002	20.3 °C10 January 2002	26.5 °C	2,053 mm	126
2001	32.7 °C25 April 2001	21.0 °C28 December 2001	26.5 °C	2,029 mm	81
2000	33.0 °C2 May 2000	20.2 °C30 January 2000	26.3 °C	2,979 mm	78
1999	31.5 °C26 March 1999	20.4 °C24 December 1999	26.3 °C	2,118 mm	82
1998	33.5 °C7 May 1998	21.3 °C2 January 1998	27.1 °C	1,612 mm	198
1997	33.0 °C15 May 1997	20.3 °C18 January 1997	26.3 °C	1,605 mm	109
1996	33.0 °C2 May 1996	20.0 °C4 February 1996	26.4 °C	2,002 mm	124
1995	33.3 °C29 April 1995	20.0 °C30 December 1995	26.4 °C	2,449 mm	102
1994	32.8 °C27 April 1994	21.7 °C20 February 1994	26.5 °C	1,965 mm	65
1993	32.6 °C5 May 1993	19.8 °C29 January 1993	26.5 °C	1,913 mm	88
1992	32.6 °C6 June 1992	20.5 °C16 January 1992	26.4 °C	1,754 mm	104
1991	33.6 °C5 June 1991	21.5 °C27 January 1991	26.4 °C	2,123 mm	83
1990	33.8 °C27 April 1990	20.9 °C19 January 1990	26.5 °C	2,405 mm	81
1989	32.7 °C13 May 1989	20.4 °C10 March 1989	26.4 °C	2,167 mm	76
1988	33.8 °C18 May 1988	19.9 °C14 December 1988	26.9 °C	1,971 mm	132
1987	33.3 °C10 May 1987	19.5 °C5 February 1987	26.7 °C	1,431 mm	127
1986	32.5 °C26 April 1986	20.4 °C9 January 1986	26.2 °C	2,038 mm	74
1985	33.2 °C15 April 1985	19.7 °C26 December 1985	26.3 °C	2,211 mm	101
1984	32.5 °C30 March 1984	21.2 °C4 January 1984	26.1 °C	2,732 mm	74
1983	32.9 °C26 May 1983	20.4 °C8 February 1983	26.5 °C	1,715 mm	113
1982	32.5 °C6 May 1982	20.0 °C21 January 1982	26.1 °C	2,197 mm	99
1981	33.1 °C30 April 1981	19.1 °C21 December 1981	26.2 °C	2,359 mm	101
1980	33.4 °C27 April 1980	20.6 °C26 December 1980	26.5 °C	1,675 mm	101
1979	34.7 °C10 May 1979	20.7 °C15 December 1979	26.5 °C	2,143 mm	124
1978	34.4 °C10 May 1978	20.1 °C24 January 1978	26.4 °C	2,827 mm	93
1977	34.1 °C8 May 1977	19.4 °C6 March 1977	26.4 °C	2,003 mm	103
1976	33.2 °C20 April 1976	19.6 °C9 February 1976	26.0 °C	2,741 mm	99
1975	34.3 °C7 May 1975	19.8 °C31 December 1975	26.3 °C	1,813 mm	118
1974	33.4 °C13 April 1974	19.2 °C15 January 1974	26.2 °C	2,620 mm	103
1973	34.0 °C6 May 1973	19.9 °C27 December 1973	26.6 °C	1,789 mm	141
1972	32.7 °C18 April 1972	19.7 °C5 March 1972	26.0 °C	2,725 mm	77
1971	32.0 °C23 April 1971	18.7 °C10 January 1971	25.9 °C	2,187 mm	71
1970	33.9 °C27 May 1970	20.3 °C2 February 1970	26.5 °C	2,087 mm	114
1969	33.6 °C8 May 1969	19.9 °C7 February 1969	26.4 °C	1,579 mm	117
1968	33.0 °C11 May 1968	19.8 °C19 January 1968	26.1 °C	937 mm	111
1967	33.5 °C9 May 1967	19.4 °C17 January 1967	25.8 °C	1,507 mm	74
1966	33.7 °C24 April 1966	21.4 °C5 February 1966	26.3 °C	1,680 mm	76
1965	32.6 °C27 April 1965	19.2 °C4 January 1965	25.8 °C	1,294 mm	66
1964	33.5 °C6 May 1964	20.7 °C5 February 1964	26.1 °C	1,919 mm	83
1963	33.3 °C17 May 1963	19.4 °C1 March 1963	25.9 °C	1,774 mm	80
1962	33.5 °C16 May 1962	19.4 °C2 February 1962	26.3 °C	1,340 mm	112
1961	33.1 °C25 April 1961	18.9 °C19 January 1961	26.1 °C	1,871 mm	74
1960	33.0 °C25 May 1960	21.2 °C5 February 1960	26.5 °C	1,875 mm	92
1959	33.1 °C16 June 1959	20.3 °C19 January 1959	26.5 °C	1,207 mm	118
1958	33.8 °C16 May 1958	20.6 °C2 February 1958	26.4 °C	2,163 mm	115
1957	33.9 °C9 May 1957	20.3 °C14 February 1957	26.3 °C	2,059 mm	110
1956	32.4 °C29 March 1956	20.9 °C9 January 1956	25.9 °C	2,258 mm	82
1955	33.5 °C18 April 1955	19.3 °C23 February 1955	26.2 °C	1,442 mm	115
1954	33.8 °C18 May 1954	21.1 °C20 December 1954	26.5 °C	1,903 mm	122
1953	33.8 °C28 April 1953	20.7 °C7 January 1953	26.5 °C	1,375 mm	134
1952	33.5 °C23 April 1952	21.6 °C19 March 1952	26.4 °C	1,890 mm	124
1951	33.3 °C6 April 1951	20.8 °C25 January 1951	26.4 °C	1,236 mm	124
1950	32.6 °C10 April 1950	21.2 °C12 December 1950	26.1 °C	1,622 mm	91
1949	33.1 °C22 April 1949	20.0 °C20 January 1949	26.2 °C	1,865 mm	91
1948	33.1 °C8 May 1948	19.5 °C4 January 1948	25.8 °C	2,066 mm	51
1947	32.8 °C4 June 1947	20.7 °C31 December 1947	26.2 °C	2,025 mm	102
1946	31.8 °C2 April 1946	21.1 °C3 February 1946	25.8 °C	2,211 mm	55
1945	31.3 °C24 April 1945	21.4 °C10 March 1945	25.7 °C	1,669 mm	47
1944	31.5 °C11 April 1944	19.5 °C9 January 1944	25.4 °C	3,654 mm	30
1943	31.6 °C16 April 1943	19.5 °C19 January 1943	25.1 °C	1,710 mm	23
1942	32.4 °C24 April 1942	19.1 °C8 December 1942	25.7 °C	1,739 mm	64
1941	31.3 °C27 March 1941	19.9 °C5 February 1941	25.6 °C	2,935 mm	23
1940	32.4 °C27 April 1940	20.0 °C26 January 1940	25.4 °C	2,377 mm	38

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

134 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2872 mm

+829 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	44 mm	+25 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+0.1 °C	74 mm	+58 mm
Mar	30.9 °C	+0.9 °C	19 mm	+1 mm
Apr	32.8 °C	+1.5 °C	22 mm	-7 mm
May	32.4 °C	+1.5 °C	111 mm	-23 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	463 mm	+159 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	-0.5 °C	638 mm	+238 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	+1.0 °C	321 mm	-97 mm
Sep	28.3 °C	-0.1 °C	579 mm	+252 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+0.6 °C	301 mm	+86 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	180 mm	+85 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+0.7 °C	121 mm	+52 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

22.7 °C

28 Jan 2025

Wettest day

104.8 mm

19 Oct 2025

Windiest day

45.5 km/h

10 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

89.6 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

13 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.8 °C

9 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

22 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pilar?

Pilar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 2,043 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pilar?

The hottest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pilar?

The coldest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1971, at 18.7 °C.

Does it snow in Pilar?

Almost never: Pilar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pilar warmed?

Yes: Pilar warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pilar?

The wettest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1964, with 267 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pilar?

The windiest day measured in Pilar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1942, with winds reaching 68.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pilar?

The warmest month in Pilar is May (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Pilar?

Pilar receives on average 2,043 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pilar?

Pilar gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pilar?

Yes: Pilar has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pilar?

In Pilar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 28 April 2024, and the lowest was 16.5 °C on 19 January 1961.

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