Climate averages 1991–2020

Monkayo weather
in December.

A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 23.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 287 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Monkayo · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Monkayo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Magugpo Poblacion (49 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Monkayo, with 132 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Monkayo ranks joint 24th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 130th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Monkayo is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 287 mm to 341 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Monkayo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Monkayo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.4°C23.3°C23.3°C34124.911.712 h
February 28.6°C23.2°C23.2°C27120.311.912 h
March 29.3°C23.4°C23.4°C20620.412.112 h
April 30.3°C24.0°C24.0°C18518.912.312 h
May 30.7°C24.5°C24.5°C27522.312.512 h
June 30.3°C24.4°C24.4°C31222.412.613 h
July 30.3°C24.2°C24.2°C19317.512.513 h
August 30.9°C24.4°C24.4°C14113.312.412 h
September 31.1°C24.4°C24.4°C12814.012.212 h
October 30.8°C24.3°C24.3°C16418.212.012 h
November 29.7°C24.0°C24.0°C25522.311.812 h
December, selected 29.0°C23.8°C23.8°C28724.511.712 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

Distance from Monkayo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Monkayo) is explained once on the Monkayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.