Climate averages 1991–2020
Dumaguete weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dumaguete: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjay (29 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Dumaguete, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dumaguete ranks joint 74th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 85th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Dumaguete is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 113 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tanjay in DecemberPhilippines · 29 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Bais in DecemberPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Bayawan in DecemberPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in DecemberPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Dipolog in DecemberPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Kabankalan in DecemberPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Himamaylan in DecemberPhilippines · 100 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Oroquieta in DecemberPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 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.