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Philippines
Bohol in October
🌧️ Rainy seasonWarm, humid and very wet. Watch for tropical cyclone risk.
🎒 Pack: compact umbrella or rain jacket · quick-dry fabrics
Why October scores 7.3What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort6.2
- ✓Warm (28.4°C highs / 25.2°C lows)
- !Very humid/sticky (dew point 24.2°C)
- !Wet: ~272 mm rain, ~8 heavy-rain days
- Air quality9.7
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~7 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards8.0
- !Tropical cyclone: Peak of the Western Pacific typhoon season
- !Flood: ~8 heavy-rain days in an average October
- Safety baseline7.0
- ·Increased caution
| Oct | Mar | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 7.3 Good | 8.7 Excellent |
| Season | 🌧️ Rainy season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) |
| High / low | 28° / 25° | 29° / 23° |
| Rain | 272 mm | 82 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 24° | dew pt 23° |
| PM2.5 | 7 µg/m³ | 5 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsOctober 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- All Saints' Day 30 Oct – 2 Nov · 4 days off in a row
No national public holidays in Philippines this month.
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore BoholEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyA Philippine island province known for the Chocolate Hills, tarsiers, river cruises and the beaches of Panglao.
No major events on our calendar for October.
Coming up later
Bohol DayEvery year22 July every year
Marks the founding of Bohol province.
Why go: A local holiday.
Where: Province-wide
Sandugo FestivalDate variesUsually July
Commemorates the 1565 blood compact with a street dance parade.
Why go: Parades fill central Tagbilaran.
Where: Tagbilaran City
Chocolate Hills
Over a thousand grassy conical hills that turn brown in the dry season.
Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary
A protected area in Corella to see tarsiers in their habitat.
💡 Keep quiet and do not use flash.
Loboc River cruise
A floating restaurant trip along a jungle river.
Alona Beach, Panglao
A popular beach with dive shops and restaurants.
Balicasag Island
A small island with reefs and turtles.
Baclayon Church
One of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines.
Kalamay
A sticky sweet of coconut milk and sugar, packed in a coconut shell.
Peanut kisses
Small peanut cookies shaped like the Chocolate Hills.
Kinilaw
Raw fish cured in vinegar or citrus.
Lechon
Spit-roasted whole pig.
Peanut kisses
Boxed peanut cookies.
💡 Shops and the airport
Kalamay
Coconut-shell sweets.
💡 Markets
Woven baskets
Handwoven products from Antequera.
💡 Antequera and craft shops