Climate averages 1991–2020
Digos weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Digos: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kidapawan (41 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Digos, with 294 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Digos ranks 3rd of 151 for the warmest December highs and 71st of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Digos is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 156 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
Digos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 156 | 16.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 107 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 116 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 125 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 239 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 277 | 27.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 243 | 26.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 227 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 257 | 26.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 186 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 145 | 18.4 | 11.712 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
- Kidapawan in DecemberPhilippines · 41 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Lambayong in DecemberPhilippines · 43 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Davao in DecemberPhilippines · 46 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Malita in DecemberPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Koronadal in DecemberPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Tupi in DecemberPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Panabo in DecemberPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Banga in DecemberPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 111 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 Digos) is explained once on the Digos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.