Climate averages 1991–2020
Dumaguete weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Dumaguete: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanjay (29 km away). In September its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Dumaguete, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dumaguete ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest September highs and 62nd of 151 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Dumaguete is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 247 mm to 256 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tanjay in SeptemberPhilippines · 29 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Bais in SeptemberPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Bayawan in SeptemberPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 312 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in SeptemberPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Dipolog in SeptemberPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Kabankalan in SeptemberPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 356 mm rain
- Himamaylan in SeptemberPhilippines · 100 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 356 mm rain
- Oroquieta in SeptemberPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 173 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.