Ideal weather days in Cebu
The best time to visit Cebu for warm, dry weather is March and April, with about 26 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Cebu's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in March and April.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Cebu, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too wet148
- Too hot24
- Too windy15
- Too cold0
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Cebu averaged 188 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in the Philippines, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in April (up to 22 a month, 127 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are rare: no month averaged more than 0.
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are wet (more than 1 mm of rain): 148 a year, mostly in June to February. Another 24 are too hot (over 33 °C), mostly in June and August. A day can fail more than one test.
Cebu weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 °C 86 °F | 16 | 5 | 2 | 14 of 31 |
| February | 30 °C 86 °F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 14 of 28 |
| March | 31 °C 88 °F | 6 | 1 | 7 | 26 of 31 |
| April | 32 °C 90 °F | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 of 30 |
| May | 33 °C 91 °F | 10 | 1 | 5 | 19 of 31 |
| June | 32 °C 90 °F | 17 | 0 | 2 | 10 of 30 |
| July | 32 °C 90 °F | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 of 31 |
| August | 33 °C 91 °F | 17 | 0 | 4 | 10 of 31 |
| September | 32 °C 90 °F | 17 | 1 | 2 | 11 of 30 |
| October | 32 °C 90 °F | 18 | 1 | 3 | 12 of 31 |
| November | 32 °C 89 °F | 11 | 0 | 3 | 19 of 30 |
| December | 31 °C 88 °F | 14 | 1 | 5 | 17 of 31 |
| Year | 162 | 15 | 44 | 188 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 185 warm, dry days
- 2024 195 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Cebu for good weather?
The best time to visit Cebu for warm, dry weather is March and April, with about 26 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in April (up to 22 a month, 127 a year). Counted from measured days at Mactan Cebu International station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Cebu?
On average 162 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was July (18 rain days), the driest April (4).
How many sunny days does Cebu get a year?
About 44 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in April (7).
How warm does Cebu get?
The median daily high ranged from 30 °C (86 °F) in January to 33 °C (91 °F) in May.
Nearby
- Manila570 km152 days
- Hong Kong1690 km, Hong Kong208 days
- Naha1810 km, Japan162 days
- Da Nang1810 km, Vietnam161 days
Where is the best climate in the Philippines?
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Source: Mactan Cebu International weather station (98646099999), 10 km from the centre of Cebu, 9 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 84% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.