Climate averages 1991–2020
Jolo weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Jolo: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zamboanga (152 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jolo, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Jolo ranks joint 105th of 151 for the warmest December highs and joint 43rd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Jolo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 89 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
Jolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 89 | 14.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 57 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 56 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 104 | 18.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 135 | 21.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 129 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 106 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 101 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 145 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 130 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| December, selected | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 110 | 19.7 | 11.812 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
- Zamboanga in DecemberPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in DecemberMalaysia · 317 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 320 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 mm rain
- Pagadian in DecemberPhilippines · 333 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Muricay in DecemberPhilippines · 337 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Dipolog in DecemberPhilippines · 380 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Cotabato in DecemberPhilippines · 381 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in DecemberPhilippines · 383 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 184 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 Jolo) is explained once on the Jolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.