Climate averages 1991–2020
Cagayan de Oro weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Cagayan de Oro: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 262 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manolo Fortich (27 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Cagayan de Oro, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro ranks joint 110th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 124th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Cagayan de Oro is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 262 mm to 256 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
Cagayan de Oro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 256 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 217 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 200 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 225 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 330 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 26.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 297 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 225 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 231 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 26.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 310 | 26.2 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 262 | 26.0 | 11.612 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
- Manolo Fortich in DecemberPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Iligan City in DecemberPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Iligan in DecemberPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Gingoog in DecemberPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Marawi City in DecemberPhilippines · 67 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 293 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in DecemberPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Maramag in DecemberPhilippines · 89 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Oroquieta in DecemberPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 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 Cagayan de Oro) is explained once on the Cagayan de Oro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.