Baguio weather by month
The best time to visit Baguio is January to March — 92/100 in March, 23°C and 16 rainy days. The best season is winter, December to February (87/100 on average).
The worst month is August at 59/100 — warm, soaked, clean air. See August →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: December to February (87/100 on average) · worst August (59/100)
- Days
- 23°C
- Nights
- 14°C
- Wet days
- 16
- Sun
- 11 h
- Humidity
- 79%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Baguio, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Baguio is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Baguio through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Panagbenga, the flower festival1 Feb – 8 Mar (usually)Festival
- March
- Holy Week20 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)Holiday
- Summer capital season15 Mar – 31 May (usually)Season
- June
- Typhoon season1 Jun – 30 NovHazard
- November
- Strawberry season in La Trinidad1 Nov – 15 May (usually)Nature
- December
- Christmas and New Year peak15 Dec – 5 JanHoliday
Crowds in Baguio in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsPanagbenga, the flower festival, Summer capital season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Baguio
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
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We booked a place near Session Road specifically so we could walk to the cathedral, Burnham Park, and the public market without needing transport, and it made the whole stay far easier to plan day to day. The cool climate, somewhere between 15 and 25 degrees, was the main draw after weeks of lowland heat elsewhere in the Philippines, and boating on Burnham Park's small lake turned into a relaxed afternoon we hadn't planned for. We drove out to La Trinidad to hand-pick strawberries at a farm, which was worth the short detour on its own. The Night Market got crowded enough that we kept bags zipped and phones in front pockets the whole time we browsed.
Traveller notes on Baguio
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Baguio is the Philippines' cool-climate exception, and February is the forum's pick: late November to February is the window, with December to February the coldest stretch — one poster reckons the nights beat air conditioning. Days sit near 22°C and nights near 14, and because the city is highland the humidity and sticky air are far less than Manila or anywhere close to the ocean. February also dodges the crowds: March to May is typhoon-free but peak season and packed at weekends. The record still shows rain on about ten days, so "drier season" here is a relative claim.
Forum posters consistently describe August as squarely within Baguio's wet, typhoon-prone season, with one estimate citing around 750mm of rain across the month - genuinely heavy by any measure. Posters are direct that Baguio, known as the Philippines' coolest city, sees August temperatures typically 16-23C, cool enough that heating indoors still isn't necessary despite the rain. Posters consistently recommend a jacket, umbrella and a spare pair of shoes as standard August packing, while reassuring visitors that rain doesn't fall continuously all day - there's still real time to get out and enjoy the city between showers. Posters generally rate August as workable for a Baguio visit, cool temperatures and rain gear making it manageable despite the genuinely substantial rainfall.
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