Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in December.
A hot, 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 hot month in Cebu City: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Cebu City, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 70th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 101st of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Cebu City is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 145 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Talisay in DecemberPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Danao in DecemberPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 237 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Escalante in DecemberPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 292 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in DecemberPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Sagay in DecemberPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 380 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.