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Climate of Philippines
The climate of Philippines is marked by comparatively high temperature, high humidity and plenty of rainfall. The climate of Philippines resembles the climate of the countries of Central America to a large extent. Philippines enjoy a predominantly tropical climate.
On an average, the mean annual temperature of Philippines is 26.6o C however Baguio doesn’t follow the average temperature. In Philippines, January is the coolest month with a mean temperature of 25.5o C while the warmest month is May with a mean temperature of 28.3o C. the mean annual temperature of Baguio is 18.3o C and thus it referred to as the summer capital of the Philippines.
The entire nation of Philippines has a high relative humidity because of high temperature and the surrounding water bodies. The average monthly relative humidity of Philippines varies between 71 percent in March and 85 percent in September. The warm temperature and high relative and absolute humidities together give rise to high sensible temperature throughout the country of Philippines.
The different regions of Philippines do not enjoy a uniform distribution of monsoon and it primarily depends on the direction of the moisture-bearing winds and the location of the mountain systems. The mean annual rainfall of the Philippines varies from 965 to 4,064 millimeters annually.
Based on temperature and rainfall, the climate of Philippines can be categorized into two predominant seasons comprising of the rainy season, from June to November; and the dry season, from December to May.
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