Climate
Legazpi City features a tropical rainforest climate with copious amount of rainfall throughout the course of the year. Legazpi has noticeable wetter and drier periods of the year. However, the city’s driest month, April, still sees on average, over 150 millimetres (5.9 in) of precipitation per year. Similar to many other cities with this climate, temperatures are relatively constant throughout the course of the year, with a mean annual average of 26.9 °C (80.4 °F). Owing to the strength of the northeast monsoon (locally know as the "amihan") and persistent easterly trade winds, Legazpi rarely gets as hot as Metro Manila and temperatures above 35 °C (95 °F) are uncommon. The coolest month is January with a daily mean of 25.3 °C (77.5 °F) and the hottest months are jointly May and June with a daily mean of 28.1 °C (82.6 °F).
| Climate data for Legazpi, Philippines | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 296.9 (11.689) |
195.6 (7.701) |
192.6 (7.583) |
152.2 (5.992) |
181.3 (7.138) |
240.9 (9.484) |
251.3 (9.894) |
264.2 (10.402) |
259.9 (10.232) |
325.5 (12.815) |
483.7 (19.043) |
456.0 (17.953) |
3,300 (129.92) |
| Avg. rainy days | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 203 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 155 | 168 | 217 | 240 | 279 | 210 | 186 | 186 | 180 | 186 | 180 | 155 | 2,342 |
| Source #1: PAGASA | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: World Climate Guide (sunshine data). | |||||||||||||
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