Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Princesa weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Puerto Princesa: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brookes Point (146 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Puerto Princesa, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa ranks joint 74th of 151 for the warmest December highs and joint 96th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Puerto Princesa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 101 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
Puerto Princesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 101 | 14.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 79 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 82 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 185 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 226 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 226 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 208 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 238 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 259 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 208 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 196 | 23.2 | 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
- Brookes Point in DecemberPhilippines · 146 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 234 mm rain
- San Jose, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 386 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Sipalay in DecemberPhilippines · 402 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Sablayan in DecemberPhilippines · 409 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Iloilo in DecemberPhilippines · 432 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Sandakan in DecemberMalaysia · 439 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 289 mm rain
- Kabankalan in DecemberPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Bayawan in DecemberPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 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 Puerto Princesa) is explained once on the Puerto Princesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.