Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Cebu City: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In September its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Cebu City, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 19th of 151 for the warmest September highs and joint 10th of 151 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Cebu City is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 153 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Talisay in SeptemberPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in SeptemberPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Danao in SeptemberPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 200 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in SeptemberPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 181 mm rain
- Escalante in SeptemberPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 187 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in SeptemberPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Sagay in SeptemberPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in SeptemberPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 207 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.