Climate averages 1991–2020
Dipolog weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Dipolog: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oroquieta (52 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Dipolog, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dipolog ranks joint 99th of 151 for the warmest December highs and joint 93rd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Dipolog is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 138 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
Dipolog climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 138 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 116 | 15.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 94 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 92 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 175 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 27.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 221 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 204 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 237 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 27.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 191 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 23.2 | 11.612 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
- Oroquieta in DecemberPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in DecemberPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Dumaguete in DecemberPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Pagadian in DecemberPhilippines · 83 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Muricay in DecemberPhilippines · 84 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Bayawan in DecemberPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Iligan in DecemberPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Tanjay in DecemberPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 163 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 Dipolog) is explained once on the Dipolog year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.