Climate averages 1991–2020
Dumaguete weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dumaguete: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjay (29 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Dumaguete, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dumaguete ranks joint 66th of 151 for the warmest August highs and joint 67th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Dumaguete is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 240 mm to 247 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dumaguete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 107 | 12.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 89 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 161 | 22.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 249 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 278 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 240 | 25.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 247 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 256 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 175 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 165 | 22.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tanjay in AugustPhilippines · 29 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 162 mm rain
- Bais in AugustPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 259 mm rain
- Bayawan in AugustPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 298 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in AugustPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Dipolog in AugustPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 204 mm rain
- Kabankalan in AugustPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 314 mm rain
- Himamaylan in AugustPhilippines · 100 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Oroquieta in AugustPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 143 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 Dumaguete) is explained once on the Dumaguete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.