Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cebu City: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Cebu City, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 19th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Cebu City is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cebu City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 145 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 115 | 13.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 88 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 67 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 113 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 171 | 23.4 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 129 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 153 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 191 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 194 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 211 | 23.3 | 11.512 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
August in nearby cities
- Talisay in AugustPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Danao in AugustPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Escalante in AugustPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in AugustPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Sagay in AugustPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in AugustPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 172 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 Cebu City) is explained once on the Cebu City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.