Mactan Cebu International Airport

RPVM · Central Visayas, Philippines

Climate Mactan Cebu International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mactan Cebu International Airport (RPVM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.8 100 89 100 98 97
February 97.7 97 96 100 99 96
March 99.3 100 100 99 100 99
April 99.3 100 98 100 100
May 98.9 98 100 100 98
June 98.3 99 100 97 99
July 97.9 97 99 99 98
August 98.1 98 98 99 97
September 97.0 97 100 98 97
October 97.1 97 91 99 98
November 98.5 98 96 100 100
December 97.5 97 97 100 98
Average 98.0 98.9 97.0 98.1 98.9 97.9

4th best VFR conditions of Philippines

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.7 99 99 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 99 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 99 99
July 99.5 99 100 99 100
August 99.5 99 100 99 99
September 99.7 99 100 99 100
October 99.4 99 98 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.2 99 99 100 99
Average 99.6 99.6 99.4 99.6 99.7 99.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.6 31 29 30 30 30
February 29.8 30 30 30 30 30
March 30.8 31 31 31 31 31
April 31.7 32 30 31 33
May 32.5 32 32 32 34
June 32.3 32 32 34 32
July 31.5 32 32 32 31
August 31.9 33 31 32 32
September 31.8 32 32 32 32
October 31.4 32 31 31 32
November 31.1 31 31 32 31
December 29.5 31 30 24 31
Average 31.1 30.6 31.3 31.0 30.9 31.5

9th highest temperature of Philippines

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.0 25 24 23 24 24
February 23.5 22 24 23 24 24
March 24.2 25 24 25 25 24
April 24.9 26 24 26 25
May 25.6 27 24 26 27
June 24.8 24 25 23 24
July 24.9 24 25 26 25
August 24.8 26 23 23 25
September 24.7 25 24 25 25
October 24.7 25 26 23 25
November 24.9 25 26 25 24
December 23.3 24 26 17 24
Average 24.5 24.2 24.7 24.2 23.9 24.7

6th lowest temperature of Philippines

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.0 5 29 8 10 2
February 7.7 6 15 6 7 7
March 3.7 1 2 10 4 1
April 3.8 2 15 2 0
May 2.3 4 2 3 3
June 3.6 4 3 6 4
July 4.8 9 2 3 2
August 4.3 6 4 6 3
September 4.7 5 3 3 5
October 6.1 5 10 11 3
November 4.8 6 6 5 5
December 8.4 6 6 14 7
Average 5.4 3.7 7.4 6.1 5.9 3.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 11 10 10 10 9
February 10.0 9 11 10 9 10
March 9.2 9 11 9 8 8
April 8.4 9 8 9 8
May 6.8 7 6 7 7
June 6.4 6 6 6 6
July 7.8 10 7 10 6
August 8.3 10 6 7 7
September 7.7 8 9 7 6
October 7.0 7 8 7 7
November 8.2 8 7 8 9
December 8.5 9 8 12 7
Average 8.3 9.6 8.6 7.7 8.2 7.5

9th highest wind speed of Philippines

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 028° 024° 029° 026° 035°
February 034° 026° 030° 028° 030°
March 043° 033° 036° 038° 043°
April 047° 033° 035° 048°
May 145° 059° 048° 062°
June 203° 074° 178° 059°
July 222° 209° 215° 078°
August 221° 170° 188° 207°
September 217° 216° 208° 118°
October 101° 193° 050° 198°
November 034° 039° 036° 032°
December 033° 031° 020° 037°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.