San Jose climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Jose?

San Jose has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,312 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Jose?

The hottest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 31.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Jose?

The coldest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1946, at 22.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Jose?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Jose warmed?

Yes: San Jose warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Jose?

The wettest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1986, with 247 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Jose?

The windiest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1951, with winds reaching 96.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Jose?

The warmest month in San Jose is May (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Jose?

San Jose receives on average 2,312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Jose?

San Jose gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Jose (Philippines) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,312 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (26.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

San Jose averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

San Jose has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.3 °C (on 23 May 2024) and the coldest 22.2 °C (on 7 March 1946).

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

San JoseMimaropa

coords: 12.35°, 121.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

26.3°C

Annual rainfall

2,312mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

23.5km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.2 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

31.3 °C

23 May 2024

Coldest day

22.2 °C

7 March 1946

Wettest day

247 mm

12 October 1986

Windiest day

96.6 km/h

22 November 1951

Strongest gust

148.3 km/h

8 November 2013

Hottest feels-like

38.5 °C

31 May 2017

Coldest feels-like

18.0 °C

19 January 1961

Sunniest day

12.1 h

28 May 2020

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.8 °C14 May 2025	25.5 °C15 August 2025	27.7 °C	3,463 mm	10
2024	31.3 °C23 May 2024	25.1 °C28 January 2024	28.0 °C	2,817 mm	39
2023	30.3 °C2 May 2023	24.7 °C14 January 2023	27.7 °C	2,059 mm	5
2022	30.3 °C9 May 2022	24.8 °C29 December 2022	27.6 °C	2,410 mm	2
2021	30.3 °C5 May 2021	24.3 °C20 February 2021	27.6 °C	2,424 mm	8
2020	30.6 °C28 April 2020	25.0 °C2 February 2020	27.7 °C	2,680 mm	21
2019	30.7 °C6 June 2019	24.2 °C30 January 2019	27.5 °C	2,615 mm	9
2018	30.7 °C24 May 2018	24.5 °C8 February 2018	27.5 °C	2,940 mm	8
2017	30.3 °C7 May 2017	24.0 °C15 February 2017	27.5 °C	2,529 mm	7
2016	30.7 °C18 June 2016	24.7 °C15 February 2016	27.6 °C	2,786 mm	22
2015	30.5 °C1 June 2015	24.4 °C11 January 2015	27.4 °C	1,651 mm	5
2014	30.6 °C24 May 2014	23.4 °C25 January 2014	27.2 °C	2,454 mm	10
2013	30.9 °C6 May 2013	23.9 °C31 January 2013	27.3 °C	2,783 mm	6
2012	29.8 °C9 May 2012	25.2 °C4 February 2012	27.2 °C	2,747 mm	0
2011	29.8 °C5 June 2011	24.6 °C25 February 2011	27.0 °C	2,734 mm	0
2010	30.3 °C15 May 2010	25.1 °C22 January 2010	27.6 °C	1,442 mm	9
2009	29.8 °C12 April 2009	23.8 °C15 February 2009	27.1 °C	2,801 mm	0
2008	29.7 °C4 June 2008	24.4 °C16 February 2008	27.1 °C	2,147 mm	0
2007	30.5 °C18 June 2007	23.6 °C28 October 2007	27.3 °C	2,262 mm	5
2006	29.9 °C5 May 2006	25.0 °C24 January 2006	27.3 °C	2,788 mm	0
2005	29.9 °C4 May 2005	24.0 °C18 January 2005	27.1 °C	2,232 mm	0
2004	30.5 °C27 April 2004	24.1 °C17 February 2004	27.1 °C	2,293 mm	9
2003	30.1 °C8 May 2003	24.3 °C4 February 2003	27.1 °C	2,022 mm	1
2002	30.2 °C11 June 2002	23.8 °C12 January 2002	27.1 °C	2,083 mm	3
2001	30.5 °C26 April 2001	24.6 °C19 February 2001	27.2 °C	2,763 mm	6
2000	29.7 °C28 April 2000	24.1 °C1 February 2000	27.1 °C	2,542 mm	0
1999	29.6 °C21 May 1999	24.6 °C14 February 1999	27.2 °C	2,391 mm	0
1998	30.4 °C12 May 1998	25.3 °C28 January 1998	27.7 °C	1,776 mm	12
1997	30.1 °C1 May 1997	23.8 °C23 February 1997	27.1 °C	1,796 mm	2
1996	30.1 °C13 July 1996	24.1 °C11 February 1996	27.0 °C	2,529 mm	1
1995	30.0 °C6 May 1995	24.1 °C31 December 1995	27.2 °C	2,449 mm	1
1994	29.9 °C15 April 1994	24.6 °C6 January 1994	27.1 °C	2,529 mm	0
1993	30.4 °C5 May 1993	23.3 °C27 January 1993	27.1 °C	2,247 mm	4
1992	30.2 °C6 June 1992	23.9 °C18 January 1992	27.0 °C	2,311 mm	5
1991	30.6 °C26 May 1991	24.7 °C28 January 1991	27.1 °C	2,002 mm	13
1990	30.6 °C27 April 1990	24.3 °C21 January 1990	27.1 °C	2,500 mm	11
1989	30.1 °C13 May 1989	23.3 °C29 January 1989	26.9 °C	2,529 mm	2
1988	30.8 °C13 May 1988	24.0 °C15 December 1988	27.5 °C	2,264 mm	14
1987	30.8 °C3 June 1987	23.0 °C5 February 1987	27.2 °C	2,245 mm	9
1986	30.2 °C29 April 1986	23.3 °C26 January 1986	26.8 °C	3,024 mm	1
1985	29.9 °C16 May 1985	24.0 °C15 January 1985	27.0 °C	2,447 mm	0
1984	29.6 °C31 May 1984	24.9 °C2 January 1984	26.9 °C	3,176 mm	0
1983	30.7 °C9 June 1983	24.9 °C3 February 1983	27.3 °C	1,776 mm	6
1982	29.9 °C29 May 1982	23.5 °C1 February 1982	26.9 °C	2,518 mm	0
1981	30.4 °C1 May 1981	23.6 °C17 December 1981	27.1 °C	2,713 mm	7
1980	29.8 °C26 April 1980	24.6 °C13 February 1980	27.1 °C	2,425 mm	0
1979	30.4 °C9 May 1979	24.1 °C14 December 1979	27.1 °C	3,149 mm	2
1978	30.1 °C7 April 1978	24.2 °C4 February 1978	27.1 °C	2,956 mm	3
1977	30.3 °C7 May 1977	23.8 °C19 February 1977	27.0 °C	2,769 mm	3
1976	29.5 °C23 April 1976	23.5 °C7 February 1976	26.8 °C	2,240 mm	0
1975	29.4 °C30 August 1975	23.9 °C22 January 1975	26.9 °C	2,245 mm	0
1974	29.8 °C11 May 1974	23.4 °C9 January 1974	26.8 °C	2,494 mm	0
1973	30.3 °C29 May 1973	24.0 °C30 January 1973	27.3 °C	1,875 mm	3
1972	29.6 °C24 October 1972	23.5 °C5 March 1972	26.8 °C	2,434 mm	0
1971	29.0 °C29 May 1971	23.5 °C12 January 1971	26.6 °C	1,999 mm	0
1970	30.7 °C30 May 1970	24.5 °C10 February 1970	27.2 °C	2,531 mm	15
1969	29.8 °C16 May 1969	24.2 °C9 February 1969	27.2 °C	2,094 mm	0
1968	30.2 °C11 June 1968	23.6 °C21 February 1968	26.9 °C	1,417 mm	1
1967	30.2 °C8 May 1967	23.8 °C7 February 1967	26.6 °C	1,680 mm	2
1966	29.8 °C26 April 1966	25.0 °C24 January 1966	27.2 °C	1,884 mm	0
1965	29.1 °C5 April 1965	23.3 °C16 January 1965	26.6 °C	1,996 mm	0
1964	29.7 °C26 April 1964	24.3 °C5 February 1964	26.9 °C	1,966 mm	0
1963	30.0 °C17 May 1963	22.5 °C1 March 1963	26.5 °C	1,462 mm	1
1962	30.5 °C11 May 1962	22.8 °C3 February 1962	26.8 °C	1,807 mm	2
1961	30.3 °C24 April 1961	22.4 °C20 January 1961	26.7 °C	2,198 mm	3
1960	30.0 °C24 May 1960	23.8 °C5 February 1960	27.1 °C	2,244 mm	1
1959	30.2 °C14 May 1959	23.9 °C19 January 1959	27.0 °C	1,462 mm	1
1958	29.9 °C13 May 1958	24.5 °C4 December 1958	27.1 °C	1,992 mm	0
1957	30.0 °C25 May 1957	23.3 °C7 January 1957	27.0 °C	2,159 mm	1
1956	29.5 °C7 May 1956	24.2 °C8 February 1956	26.7 °C	2,675 mm	0
1955	30.2 °C6 May 1955	23.4 °C22 February 1955	26.8 °C	1,584 mm	2
1954	30.4 °C14 May 1954	24.6 °C30 September 1954	27.1 °C	1,931 mm	4
1953	30.1 °C13 June 1953	24.2 °C6 January 1953	27.1 °C	1,246 mm	3
1952	29.6 °C22 April 1952	24.7 °C13 January 1952	27.0 °C	1,886 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C3 June 1951	24.2 °C24 January 1951	27.0 °C	1,679 mm	0
1950	29.7 °C23 May 1950	24.2 °C24 January 1950	26.9 °C	1,297 mm	0
1949	29.6 °C24 May 1949	23.3 °C20 January 1949	26.7 °C	2,387 mm	0
1948	29.6 °C1 May 1948	23.2 °C18 January 1948	26.7 °C	1,757 mm	0
1947	30.1 °C5 June 1947	24.0 °C23 December 1947	27.0 °C	1,980 mm	2
1946	29.7 °C19 April 1946	22.2 °C7 March 1946	26.7 °C	2,764 mm	0
1945	29.5 °C25 May 1945	23.9 °C28 December 1945	26.9 °C	2,423 mm	0
1944	28.9 °C22 October 1944	23.5 °C11 January 1944	26.5 °C	4,021 mm	0
1943	29.4 °C20 June 1943	23.6 °C30 January 1943	26.2 °C	1,887 mm	0
1942	29.9 °C5 June 1942	24.2 °C14 February 1942	26.7 °C	1,817 mm	0
1941	29.4 °C16 May 1941	24.3 °C6 February 1941	26.8 °C	3,067 mm	0
1940	29.2 °C11 May 1940	23.5 °C25 January 1940	26.5 °C	3,274 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3463 mm

+1151 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+1.1 °C	52 mm	+28 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+0.8 °C	64 mm	+48 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+0.7 °C	23 mm	+9 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	7 mm	-20 mm
May	29.5 °C	+0.7 °C	145 mm	+10 mm
Jun	28.4 °C	0.0 °C	540 mm	+201 mm
Jul	28.2 °C	+0.4 °C	753 mm	+294 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+0.4 °C	568 mm	+103 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+0.5 °C	541 mm	+159 mm
Oct	28.3 °C	+0.4 °C	354 mm	+106 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+0.4 °C	384 mm	+266 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+0.9 °C	33 mm	-51 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.8 °C

14 May 2025

Coldest day

25.5 °C

15 Aug 2025

Wettest day

100.0 mm

30 Oct 2025

Windiest day

57.9 km/h

4 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

82.1 km/h

5 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.0 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Jose?

San Jose has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,312 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Jose?

The hottest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2024, reaching 31.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Jose?

The coldest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1946, at 22.2 °C.

Does it snow in San Jose?

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

Has the climate of San Jose warmed?

Yes: San Jose warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Jose?

The wettest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1986, with 247 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Jose?

The windiest day measured in San Jose between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1951, with winds reaching 96.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Jose?

The warmest month in San Jose is May (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.3 °C).

How much does it rain in San Jose?

San Jose receives on average 2,312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Jose?

San Jose gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Jose?

Yes: San Jose has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Jose?

In San Jose, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 31 May 2017, and the lowest was 18.0 °C on 19 January 1961.

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