Climate averages 1991–2020
Manolo Fortich weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Manolo Fortich: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 267 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 5th 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 Cagayan de Oro (27 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Manolo Fortich, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Manolo Fortich ranks 140th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 126th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Manolo Fortich is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 267 mm to 266 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
Manolo Fortich climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 266 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 219 | 21.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 223 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 206 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 27.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 328 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 26.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 383 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 362 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 301 | 27.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 302 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 323 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 285 | 27.3 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 267 | 27.7 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cagayan de Oro in DecemberPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 262 mm rain
- Iligan City in DecemberPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Gingoog in DecemberPhilippines · 57 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 228 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in DecemberPhilippines · 57 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Maramag in DecemberPhilippines · 69 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Iligan in DecemberPhilippines · 70 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Quezon in DecemberPhilippines · 76 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Marawi City in DecemberPhilippines · 76 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 293 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 Manolo Fortich) is explained once on the Manolo Fortich year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.