Santa Cruz climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,582 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz?

The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1979, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz?

The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1961, at 15.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Cruz?

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

Q: Has the climate of Santa Cruz warmed?

Yes: Santa Cruz warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz?

The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1976, with 358 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz?

The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1947, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz?

The warmest month in Santa Cruz is April (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz receives on average 2,582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 216 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Cruz?

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

Santa Cruz (Philippines) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,582 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Santa Cruz averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 216 rainy days per year.

Santa Cruz has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 10 May 1979) and the coldest 15.7 °C (on 20 January 1961).

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

Santa CruzCentral Luzon

coords: 15.77°, 119.91°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.5°C

Average daily high

28.7°C

Average daily low

23.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,582mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

216 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.8 °C

Average feels-like low

26.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

350 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

35.3 °C

10 May 1979

Coldest day

15.7 °C

20 January 1961

Wettest day

358 mm

25 May 1976

Windiest day

54.4 km/h

26 December 1947

Strongest gust

135.0 km/h

30 June 1964

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

28 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

20 January 1961

Sunniest day

12.3 h

14 July 1967

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.9 °C26 April 2025	21.0 °C28 January 2025	26.4 °C	3,755 mm	127
2024	34.1 °C23 April 2024	20.0 °C27 January 2024	26.9 °C	3,016 mm	199
2023	34.6 °C3 May 2023	20.8 °C26 January 2023	26.7 °C	2,807 mm	193
2022	32.4 °C8 May 2022	19.8 °C18 January 2022	26.3 °C	2,935 mm	137
2021	33.6 °C6 May 2021	18.9 °C21 February 2021	26.4 °C	2,530 mm	154
2020	32.8 °C27 March 2020	19.0 °C4 February 2020	26.4 °C	2,642 mm	157
2019	32.2 °C27 March 2019	19.3 °C30 January 2019	26.2 °C	2,700 mm	107
2018	32.9 °C3 May 2018	20.1 °C7 February 2018	26.2 °C	2,995 mm	132
2017	33.5 °C12 May 2017	18.9 °C15 February 2017	26.4 °C	2,811 mm	135
2016	33.2 °C8 May 2016	20.6 °C27 January 2016	26.5 °C	2,792 mm	149
2015	32.5 °C3 April 2015	19.5 °C3 February 2015	26.1 °C	2,592 mm	130
2014	32.6 °C28 March 2014	17.8 °C20 January 2014	25.9 °C	2,591 mm	96
2013	31.9 °C7 May 2013	19.8 °C31 January 2013	26.1 °C	2,657 mm	122
2012	32.6 °C24 April 2012	21.0 °C22 January 2012	25.9 °C	3,292 mm	107
2011	32.2 °C2 May 2011	19.0 °C3 February 2011	25.7 °C	3,467 mm	66
2010	33.8 °C17 April 2010	19.5 °C23 January 2010	26.3 °C	2,545 mm	142
2009	31.7 °C8 March 2009	17.8 °C15 January 2009	25.7 °C	3,393 mm	78
2008	32.3 °C20 April 2008	20.0 °C18 December 2008	25.8 °C	2,910 mm	83
2007	33.3 °C27 April 2007	18.7 °C3 February 2007	25.9 °C	2,463 mm	94
2006	32.6 °C25 April 2006	20.3 °C8 January 2006	26.0 °C	2,540 mm	106
2005	32.5 °C4 May 2005	18.8 °C24 January 2005	25.7 °C	2,282 mm	98
2004	32.8 °C7 May 2004	19.5 °C27 December 2004	25.6 °C	2,465 mm	63
2003	32.7 °C9 May 2003	18.9 °C24 January 2003	25.6 °C	2,584 mm	87
2002	32.5 °C8 May 2002	17.5 °C10 January 2002	25.7 °C	2,699 mm	86
2001	31.4 °C30 April 2001	19.2 °C4 January 2001	25.7 °C	2,338 mm	63
2000	31.2 °C9 April 2000	17.8 °C30 January 2000	25.5 °C	3,635 mm	42
1999	31.6 °C23 March 1999	18.4 °C24 December 1999	25.6 °C	2,823 mm	60
1998	33.4 °C12 May 1998	19.0 °C4 February 1998	26.3 °C	2,555 mm	169
1997	31.3 °C14 May 1997	18.2 °C7 March 1997	25.3 °C	2,019 mm	51
1996	32.0 °C23 March 1996	17.8 °C5 January 1996	25.6 °C	2,551 mm	90
1995	33.1 °C27 April 1995	17.8 °C30 December 1995	25.7 °C	3,135 mm	81
1994	31.5 °C27 April 1994	19.5 °C20 January 1994	25.7 °C	2,417 mm	42
1993	31.7 °C10 May 1993	18.1 °C4 February 1993	25.6 °C	2,548 mm	54
1992	32.3 °C25 April 1992	18.4 °C27 February 1992	25.4 °C	2,457 mm	62
1991	32.6 °C30 May 1991	18.6 °C6 December 1991	25.5 °C	2,523 mm	67
1990	33.4 °C26 April 1990	19.4 °C20 January 1990	25.8 °C	2,770 mm	57
1989	31.5 °C14 May 1989	18.2 °C11 December 1989	25.5 °C	2,729 mm	43
1988	32.2 °C17 May 1988	17.9 °C8 December 1988	26.0 °C	2,651 mm	92
1987	32.2 °C4 June 1987	18.0 °C6 February 1987	25.7 °C	1,905 mm	76
1986	31.9 °C21 April 1986	17.6 °C10 January 1986	25.3 °C	2,722 mm	38
1985	32.1 °C24 February 1985	17.6 °C26 December 1985	25.2 °C	3,053 mm	66
1984	32.3 °C8 April 1984	19.4 °C2 January 1984	25.2 °C	3,480 mm	41
1983	32.4 °C26 April 1983	18.4 °C7 December 1983	25.5 °C	1,945 mm	74
1982	31.8 °C26 March 1982	17.7 °C2 February 1982	25.1 °C	2,792 mm	40
1981	33.1 °C10 April 1981	16.5 °C22 December 1981	25.3 °C	2,785 mm	65
1980	33.4 °C1 May 1980	17.9 °C26 December 1980	25.6 °C	2,409 mm	85
1979	35.3 °C10 May 1979	18.3 °C17 January 1979	25.6 °C	2,512 mm	109
1978	34.6 °C8 May 1978	17.4 °C24 January 1978	25.5 °C	3,140 mm	84
1977	34.5 °C5 May 1977	17.0 °C6 March 1977	25.6 °C	2,561 mm	89
1976	32.5 °C21 April 1976	17.4 °C8 February 1976	25.0 °C	3,701 mm	63
1975	33.7 °C15 April 1975	17.0 °C31 December 1975	25.5 °C	2,492 mm	101
1974	34.6 °C13 April 1974	17.1 °C15 January 1974	25.2 °C	2,870 mm	71
1973	33.4 °C25 April 1973	17.4 °C27 December 1973	25.8 °C	2,228 mm	121
1972	31.3 °C12 November 1972	17.5 °C6 March 1972	25.1 °C	3,635 mm	49
1971	31.6 °C8 April 1971	16.1 °C11 January 1971	25.0 °C	2,407 mm	31
1970	33.1 °C19 April 1970	17.6 °C2 February 1970	25.5 °C	2,477 mm	89
1969	33.8 °C9 May 1969	18.3 °C7 February 1969	25.4 °C	1,998 mm	77
1968	32.2 °C21 March 1968	17.9 °C18 January 1968	25.1 °C	1,288 mm	76
1967	34.0 °C9 May 1967	17.6 °C19 January 1967	25.1 °C	1,600 mm	88
1966	33.4 °C22 April 1966	19.9 °C13 January 1966	25.4 °C	1,514 mm	80
1965	31.9 °C8 April 1965	17.6 °C9 January 1965	25.0 °C	1,415 mm	48
1964	33.1 °C11 April 1964	18.8 °C6 February 1964	25.2 °C	2,357 mm	69
1963	33.7 °C18 May 1963	17.2 °C1 March 1963	25.1 °C	2,291 mm	48
1962	33.6 °C16 May 1962	17.1 °C3 February 1962	25.5 °C	1,691 mm	78
1961	32.5 °C7 May 1961	15.7 °C20 January 1961	25.3 °C	2,066 mm	58
1960	31.9 °C8 May 1960	19.1 °C6 February 1960	25.5 °C	2,413 mm	43
1959	32.3 °C30 April 1959	18.6 °C19 January 1959	25.6 °C	1,676 mm	82
1958	33.3 °C28 April 1958	18.4 °C5 November 1958	25.5 °C	2,382 mm	92
1957	32.3 °C10 May 1957	18.6 °C14 February 1957	25.1 °C	2,399 mm	46
1956	31.8 °C29 March 1956	18.7 °C11 January 1956	25.0 °C	2,825 mm	43
1955	33.3 °C6 May 1955	16.8 °C23 February 1955	25.3 °C	2,226 mm	88
1954	32.9 °C3 May 1954	18.8 °C20 December 1954	25.5 °C	2,606 mm	95
1953	32.4 °C8 April 1953	18.7 °C7 January 1953	25.5 °C	1,877 mm	71
1952	33.4 °C13 March 1952	19.5 °C11 December 1952	25.6 °C	1,902 mm	94
1951	32.5 °C2 April 1951	18.3 °C15 January 1951	25.3 °C	1,840 mm	61
1950	31.5 °C21 May 1950	18.7 °C12 December 1950	25.0 °C	2,320 mm	26
1949	33.3 °C7 May 1949	17.7 °C12 January 1949	25.3 °C	2,344 mm	64
1948	31.0 °C30 March 1948	16.0 °C4 January 1948	24.6 °C	2,194 mm	23
1947	31.4 °C8 April 1947	18.0 °C21 November 1947	24.8 °C	3,021 mm	18
1946	32.3 °C27 March 1946	19.0 °C3 February 1946	24.9 °C	2,706 mm	51
1945	31.0 °C21 March 1945	19.2 °C9 March 1945	24.7 °C	2,234 mm	12
1944	29.4 °C17 April 1944	17.5 °C9 January 1944	24.2 °C	3,864 mm	0
1943	30.1 °C16 April 1943	17.0 °C13 January 1943	23.8 °C	2,474 mm	3
1942	30.7 °C17 March 1942	16.5 °C8 December 1942	24.3 °C	2,357 mm	9
1941	30.0 °C16 May 1941	18.1 °C11 January 1941	24.5 °C	3,340 mm	1
1940	30.4 °C28 April 1940	17.6 °C26 January 1940	24.2 °C	3,110 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.3 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

127 d/yr

+50

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3755 mm

+1173 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.8 °C	+0.9 °C	54 mm	+33 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	86 mm	+63 mm
Mar	30.8 °C	+1.0 °C	68 mm	+24 mm
Apr	30.9 °C	+0.5 °C	51 mm	-38 mm
May	30.7 °C	+0.8 °C	353 mm	+112 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+0.5 °C	509 mm	+121 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	-0.8 °C	813 mm	+318 mm
Aug	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	529 mm	+35 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	547 mm	+165 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.0 °C	430 mm	+179 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	273 mm	+165 mm
Dec	28.8 °C	+0.7 °C	44 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

26 Apr 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

28 Jan 2025

Wettest day

170.7 mm

22 Aug 2025

Windiest day

49.8 km/h

9 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

121.0 km/h

10 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

16 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.9 °C

29 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

24 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 2,582 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz?

The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1979, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz?

The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1961, at 15.7 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Cruz?

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

Has the climate of Santa Cruz warmed?

Yes: Santa Cruz warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz?

The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1976, with 358 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz?

The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1947, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz?

The warmest month in Santa Cruz is April (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz receives on average 2,582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 216 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Cruz?

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

Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz?

Yes: Santa Cruz has on average 350 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz?

In Santa Cruz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 28 April 2024, and the lowest was 14.1 °C on 20 January 1961.

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