Climate averages 1991–2020
Oroquieta weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Oroquieta: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 257 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ozamiz City (38 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Oroquieta, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Oroquieta ranks joint 117th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 122nd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Oroquieta is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 257 mm to 255 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
Oroquieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 255 | 26.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 199 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 90 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 137 | 23.0 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 201 | 25.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 174 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 143 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 205 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 26.0 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 27.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 257 | 28.1 | 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
- Ozamiz City in DecemberPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Dipolog in DecemberPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Iligan in DecemberPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Iligan City in DecemberPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 314 mm rain
- Marawi City in DecemberPhilippines · 75 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 293 mm rain
- Muricay in DecemberPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Pagadian in DecemberPhilippines · 84 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Cagayan de Oro in DecemberPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 262 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 Oroquieta) is explained once on the Oroquieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.