Climate averages 1991–2020
Escalante weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Escalante: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 292 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sagay (14 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Escalante, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Escalante ranks joint 117th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 132nd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Escalante is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 292 mm to 238 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
Escalante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 238 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 182 | 19.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 125 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 191 | 24.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 207 | 24.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 156 | 20.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 187 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 205 | 26.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 212 | 25.5 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 292 | 27.2 | 11.512 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
- Sagay in DecemberPhilippines · 14 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 380 mm rain
- Bantayan in DecemberPhilippines · 44 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Victorias in DecemberPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 301 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 54 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Binonga in DecemberPhilippines · 57 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 306 mm rain
- Mansilingan in DecemberPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 306 mm rain
- Bacolod City in DecemberPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 306 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 Escalante) is explained once on the Escalante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.