Climate averages 1991–2020
Borongan weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Borongan: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 328 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacloban (62 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Borongan, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Borongan ranks joint 99th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 146th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Borongan is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 328 mm to 273 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Borongan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 273 | 25.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 187 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 167 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 163 | 24.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 26.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 251 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 190 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 219 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 225 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 252 | 26.3 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 328 | 27.8 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Tacloban in DecemberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Catbalogan in DecemberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Ormoc in DecemberPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Catarman in DecemberPhilippines · 131 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in DecemberPhilippines · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Bantayan in DecemberPhilippines · 193 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Danao in DecemberPhilippines · 195 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 237 mm rain
- Surigao in DecemberPhilippines · 202 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 224 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Borongan) is explained once on the Borongan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.