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Boracay in April: Weather, Sea Conditions and What Is On

When to Go · checked October 2026

In brief

April is in PAGASA’s hot dry season, with 69.9 mm of rain at the Roxas City gauge, 57 mm in a NASA model for the island’s coordinates, and a modelled mean maximum of 31.7 C. Holy Week fell in April in 2022, 2023 and 2025, and in 2027 it ends on 27 March.

  • Weather: modelled mean 28.4 C, mean minimum 25.2 C, humidity 77%, the lowest of the year6.
  • Sea: modelled mean sea-surface temperature 28.9 C, with hourly values from 27.4 to 30.5 C7.
  • Rain: May is the break, at 144.7 mm at the gauge and 225 mm in the model56.
  • Events: the LOVEBoracay International Dragon Boat Festival ran 24 to 26 April in 202610.
  • Crowds: arrivals were 21,252 on 14 April and 22,519 on 15 April 2022, against a DOT daily threshold of 19,21513.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is April a good month to visit Boracay?

Rain is low, at 69.9 mm at the Roxas City gauge and 57 mm in the island model, but it is the hot end of the dry season, with a modelled mean maximum of 31.7 C56.

How hot is Boracay in April?

In the NASA model for the island, the mean is 28.4 C, the mean maximum 31.7 C and the mean minimum 25.2 C6. These are model values, not measurements.

When does the rain start?

Both columns rise sharply in May: to 144.7 mm at the Roxas City gauge and 225 mm in the model56.

Is Holy Week in April in 2027?

No. Holy Week 2027 runs from Maundy Thursday 25 March to Black Saturday 27 March8.

How crowded is Boracay at Easter?

In Holy Week 2022 arrivals were 21,252 on 14 April and 22,519 on 15 April, above the DOT’s recommended daily threshold of 19,21515.

How warm is the sea in April?

The model mean is 28.9 C, with hourly values from 27.4 to 30.5 C7.

The detail

April is the last month of low rain before the wet season starts in earnest, and the hottest of the dry months before May. This page gives April’s row beside March and May from the month-by-month table, then the sea and wind, dated events and the arrivals reports, most of which come from Holy Week.

Weather in April

There is no PAGASA station on Boracay5. Roxas City in Capiz is the nearest station on PAGASA’s normals list, at 11.60 N, 122.75 E, roughly 100 km east of the island and on a different coast59. The NASA POWER figures are a reanalysis model for the island’s coordinates (11.97 N, 121.92 E), not measurements6.

Measure March April May
Rain, Roxas City gauge (mm) 63.7 69.9 144.7
Rain, NASA model at Boracay (mm) 52 57 225
Mean temperature, model (C) 27.2 28.4 29.0
Mean maximum, model (C) 30.4 31.7 32.6
Mean minimum, model (C) 23.9 25.2 25.4
Relative humidity, model (%) 80 77 78
Sea-surface temperature, model mean (C) 27.3 28.9 30.3

Sources:5 for the Roxas City row,6 for the NASA rows,7 for sea temperature.

The two rain columns agree about April: 69.9 mm at the gauge and 57 mm in the model, then a sharp rise in May to 144.7 and 225 mm56. They differ in size by a smaller margin in April than in the wet months. PAGASA does not state the base period of its normals or label the units; the figures are read here as millimetres of rain per month5.

April is hot in the model: a mean maximum of 31.7 C, a mean minimum of 25.2 C, and humidity at its lowest of the year. PAGASA’s national description puts March to May in the hot dry season and says temperature and humidity are especially uncomfortable in those months1.

A normal month can hold a heavy day. The Roxas City extremes sheet lists 172.0 mm in a single day on 11 April 2022, against an April normal of 69.9 mm for the whole month9. That is a record entry for that gauge, not a typical April.

Sea and wind

PAGASA declared the northeast monsoon, the Amihan, on 27 October 2025, expecting cool, dry air and also “rough sea conditions and shear lines”2. The southwest monsoon is the Habagat; its 2025 start was 30 May3. The sources used here give no end date for Amihan, so April’s position between the two is not stated.

A University of the Philippines modelling abstract (15 November 2024) finds that White Beach faces the southwesterly wind and Bulabog the northeasterly, so in northeast conditions the wind and wave setup is higher at Bulabog4. A February 2025 fee report ties an extra charge at Tabon port to the southwest-monsoon season, which is the Habagat11. Which port is used in which season has the detail. The sea is warmer than in March: the model mean is 28.9 C, against 27.3 C7.

What is on

Dragon boat festival. The LOVEBoracay International Dragon Boat Festival ran 24 to 26 April 2026 with over 50 teams from 14 countries and regions and some 2,000 athletes, organized by the Boracay Dragon Boat Association, the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation and the Malay local government10. The sources used here announce no 2027 dates.

Holy Week. Holy Week moves every year. It fell in April in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Holy Week 2027 ends with Black Saturday on 27 March, so April 2027 has none812. This page does not give 2026 dates, which the sources used here do not confirm.

In 2025, Memorandum Order No. 2025-33 stopped permits for parties and loud music from 6 a.m. on Good Friday, 18 April, to 6 a.m. on Black Saturday, 19 April13. In 2023 the reported window began at 6 p.m. on Good Friday14.

Crowds

April carries the largest daily arrivals in the sources, all in Holy Week. In 2022 the DOT secretary said arrivals were 21,252 on 14 April and 22,519 on 15 April, against a recommended daily threshold of 19,215; she said the 2019 “Laboracay” weekend reached 14,000 a day15. In 2023, arrivals were reported at 5,000 to 6,000 a day through Holy Saturday14. For 2025, Malay expected about 59,000 visitors over the Lenten period13. After February 2025’s count of 174,966, the local government said it was braced for March and April 2025 to be the peak16.

What to book ahead

The dated item is Holy Week when it falls in April, and in 2027 it does not. In April 2023, entry during Holy Week was reported to require a booking at a DOT-accredited hotel and a valid ID14. Whether that applies in any later year is not stated in the sources used here, so check Boracay entry requirements before travelling. The dragon boat dates for 2027 are unannounced in the sources used here; Boracay peak dates for 2026 and 2027 will carry them once they are.

Sources (16)
  1. Climate of the Philippines — PAGASA. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  2. Onset of the Northeast Monsoon — PAGASA press release, 27 October 2025. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  3. PH transitions to Amihan season as Habagat ends — GMA News, 7 October 2025. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  4. Wave and storm-induced changes in the sediment transport of beaches in Boracay Island, Philippines — University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology seminar, 15 November 2024. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  5. Climatological Normals — PAGASA. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  6. NASA POWER climatology for 11.97 N, 121.92 E — NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources, 2001-2020 climatology. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  7. Marine API, sea-surface temperature, 2015-2024 — Open-Meteo. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  8. Malacañang bares holidays for 2027 — GMA News, 11 September 2026. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  9. Climatological Extremes (as of 2024): Roxas City — PAGASA. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  10. Singapore ETO supports Hong Kong racers at LOVEBoracay International Dragon Boat Festival and promotes Hong Kong as Asia’s events capital (with photos) — Hong Kong Government press release, 26 April 2026. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  11. Boracay Fee Reduction Not Feasible, Mayor Says — Daily Guardian, 27 February 2025. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  12. Plan your leaves and long weekends: Malacañang releases list of holidays, special non-working days for 2027 — Philstar Life, 11 September 2026. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  13. Boracay imposes Good Friday silence — Daily Tribune, 17 April 2025. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  14. Holy Week vacationers start arriving in Boracay — GMA News, 5 April 2023. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  15. ‘Maling-mali’: DOT says Boracay went beyond cap for tourists during Holy Week — ABS-CBN News, 18 April 2022. Accessed 2026-10-03.
  16. Over 170,000 tourists visit Boracay Island in February 2025 — GMA Regional TV, 4 March 2025. Accessed 2026-10-03.