Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Cebu City: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Cebu City, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 85th of 151 for the warmest January highs and joint 96th of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Cebu City is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Talisay in JanuaryPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in JanuaryPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Danao in JanuaryPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in JanuaryPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Escalante in JanuaryPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 238 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in JanuaryPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Sagay in JanuaryPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in JanuaryPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 273 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.