Climate averages 1991–2020
Catbalogan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Catbalogan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). 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 (61 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Catbalogan, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Catbalogan ranks joint 59th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 95th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Catbalogan is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 195 mm to 139 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
Catbalogan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 139 | 17.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 97 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 64 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 134 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 225 | 25.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 291 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 223 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 241 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 212 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 148 | 21.9 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 21.4 | 11.411 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 · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Borongan in DecemberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 328 mm rain
- Catarman in DecemberPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Ormoc in DecemberPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in DecemberPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Bantayan in DecemberPhilippines · 144 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Sorsogon in DecemberPhilippines · 165 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 402 mm rain
- Danao in DecemberPhilippines · 168 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 237 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 Catbalogan) is explained once on the Catbalogan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.