Weather in Zamboanga in February

A good month. February works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 28.9 °C, lows 26.3 °C, and rain falls on 13 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

Zamboanga barely has seasons. February scores 68 out of 100 against a best of 68 in February — a gap small enough that the month you choose matters far less here than the week you choose.

Rain on 13 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 28.9 °C days and 26.3 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 2.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 31.1 °C and the coldest night fell to 24.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 34 mm — roughly 46% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. February rainfall has ranged from 15 mm to 208 mm across the twenty years measured — a 193 mm spread around an average of 74 mm. The average is real but almost no individual February looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 13.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 80%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.7 °C in January, 28.9 here, 29.4 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 6 days fewer than January had.

Daylight in February

Zamboanga sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.9 hours in February, against a range of just 0.8 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 27.5 °C in February — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 29.8 °C in May and bottoms out at 27.5 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, March is the trade worth considering — 6 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Zamboanga versus nearby

If Zamboanga is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Budta is the weaker option in February — 2.9 °C warmer, the same number of rain days. Cagayan de Oro is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days.

So: February is the answer for Zamboanga. If it is booked out or priced out, March is the next best thing at 6 points behind, and May is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Zamboanga

See all twelve months in Zamboanga, or where else to go in February.