Climate averages 1991–2020
Iligan City weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Iligan City: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 314 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iligan (17 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Iligan City, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Iligan City ranks 134th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 142nd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Iligan City is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 314 mm to 310 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
Iligan City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 310 | 26.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 264 | 23.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 256 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 227 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 316 | 27.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 357 | 26.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 288 | 25.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 214 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 217 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 273 | 27.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 308 | 26.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 314 | 27.9 | 11.712 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
- Iligan in DecemberPhilippines · 17 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Marawi City in DecemberPhilippines · 30 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 293 mm rain
- Cagayan de Oro in DecemberPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 262 mm rain
- Manolo Fortich in DecemberPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 267 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in DecemberPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Oroquieta in DecemberPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in DecemberPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Maramag in DecemberPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 130 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 Iligan City) is explained once on the Iligan City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.