Climate averages 1991–2020
Dumaguete weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Dumaguete: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjay (29 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Dumaguete, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dumaguete ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest January highs and 78th of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Dumaguete is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tanjay in JanuaryPhilippines · 29 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Bais in JanuaryPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Bayawan in JanuaryPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in JanuaryPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Dipolog in JanuaryPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Kabankalan in JanuaryPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Himamaylan in JanuaryPhilippines · 100 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Oroquieta in JanuaryPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 255 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.