Climate averages 1991–2020
Kidapawan weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kidapawan: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Digos (41 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kidapawan, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Kidapawan ranks joint 20th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 134th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Kidapawan is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 294 mm to 320 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
Kidapawan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 320 | 25.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 260 | 20.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 265 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 238 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 337 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 336 | 27.6 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 26.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 222 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 199 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 285 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 312 | 26.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 294 | 26.1 | 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
- Digos in DecemberPhilippines · 41 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Lambayong in DecemberPhilippines · 55 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Tacurong in DecemberPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Davao in DecemberPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Koronadal in DecemberPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Isulan in DecemberPhilippines · 68 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Malingao in DecemberPhilippines · 70 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Panabo in DecemberPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 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 Kidapawan) is explained once on the Kidapawan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.