February scores 76/100 with 31°C daytime highs, 15mm of rain across about 1 wet days and 11.7 hours of daylight. The strongest three-month run is February to April (average 74/100). September is the month to avoid at 37/100.
February travel score: 76/100
Long-run climate normals for Palawan, scored with the fixed travel-month weighting below. This is a climatological ranking, not a forecast for a specific year.
| Best month | February — 76/100 |
| Best 3-month window | February–April (74/100) |
| Month to avoid | September — 37/100 |
| Driest month | February — 15mm |
| Wettest month | July — 260mm |
| Warmest / coolest | June 33°C / December 31°C |
| Seasonality | 39-point spread between best and worst month |
| Annual rainfall | 1650mm over roughly 145 rain days |
September receives 1300% more rain than February (210mm vs 15mm), which is the single biggest reason the score gap between them is 39 points.
Daytime highs only move 2°C across the whole year (31–33°C), so timing matters far less here than rainfall does.
February is the driest month at 15mm across roughly 1 rain days, while July peaks at 260mm.
March scores 75/100 against 76 for February — only 1 points behind, usually at lower prices and with fewer visitors.
Scores range 37–76/100 across the year, so Palawan is a strongly seasonal destination: the wrong month meaningfully degrades the trip.
All twelve months scored 0–100 on the same weighting, so rows are directly comparable both within Palawan and against any other destination on Snap Weather.
| Month | High / Low | Rain | Rain days | Sun | Daylight | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C / 24°C | 18mm | 2 | 5h | 11.5h | 70/100 | good |
| February | 31°C / 24°C | 15mm | 1 | 8h | 11.7h | 76/100 | good |
| March | 31°C / 24°C | 22mm | 2 | 8h | 12h | 75/100 | good |
| April | 32°C / 25°C | 40mm | 4 | 9h | 12.2h | 71/100 | good |
| May | 32°C / 25°C | 130mm | 12 | 10h | 12.5h | 56/100 | fair |
| June | 33°C / 26°C | 220mm | 21 | 7h | 12.6h | 40/100 | poor |
| July | 33°C / 26°C | 260mm | 25 | 7h | 12.5h | 40/100 | poor |
| August | 33°C / 26°C | 250mm | 24 | 5h | 12.3h | 37/100 | poor |
| September | 33°C / 26°C | 210mm | 20 | 5h | 12h | 37/100 | poor |
| October | 32°C / 25°C | 180mm | 17 | 4h | 11.8h | 38/100 | poor |
| November | 32°C / 25°C | 120mm | 11 | 4h | 11.5h | 49/100 | fair |
| December | 31°C / 24°C | 55mm | 5 | 5h | 11.4h | 64/100 | good |
| You are planning | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Sun & beach days | February | 8h daily sunshine, 31°C highs and only 1 rain days. |
| City walking & sightseeing | February | 31°C highs with 11.7h of daylight — long days without heat fatigue. |
| Photography & light | February | 8h of sun and 11.7h daylight give the widest window for golden-hour work. |
| Value & fewer crowds | January | Scores 70/100 — close to peak conditions but outside the busiest window. |
| Cooler-weather travel | February | 31°C highs and 24°C nights suit anyone who dislikes heat. |
Every month in Palawan is scored 0–100 from climate normals, then ranked against the other eleven. The weighting below is fixed for all cities, so scores are directly comparable between destinations.
| Factor | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Thermal comfort | 45% | Distance from a 23°C daytime ideal, penalised harder on the hot side, with cold nights and humid heat counted separately. |
| Dryness | 30% | Share of days with measurable rain plus total monthly millimetres. |
| Sunshine | 15% | Average daily sunshine hours for the month. |
| Daylight | 10% | Astronomical daylight length at mid-month, calculated from the city’s latitude. |
Figures are long-run climate averages, not a forecast for a specific year. Where a month lacks sourced rainfall or humidity, the value is modelled from temperature range and rain frequency and marked as modelled in the table.
February is the best month to visit Palawan, scoring 76/100 with 31°C highs, 15mm of rain and 11.7 hours of daylight. The strongest three-month window is February to April.
September is the weakest month at 37/100, with 33°C highs, 210mm of rain over roughly 20 days and 12 hours of daylight. It is still the cheapest and quietest time to go.
February is the driest month at 15mm over about 1 rain days, against 260mm in July. Across the year Palawan records around 1650mm.
No — scores range from 37 to 76 out of 100 across the year, so Palawan is strongly seasonal and the month you choose materially changes the trip.
Daylight ranges from 11.4 hours in December to 12.6 hours in June, calculated from the city's latitude.