Climate averages 1991–2020
San Jose, Philippines weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in San Jose, Philippines: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sablayan (63 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as San Jose, Philippines, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, San Jose, Philippines ranks joint 83rd of 151 for the warmest December highs and joint 43rd of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; San Jose, Philippines is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 24 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
San Jose, Philippines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 24 | 3.1 | 11.511 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 24 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 19 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 25 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 157 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 331 | 24.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 511 | 26.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 27.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 440 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 27.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 402 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 234 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 102 | 8.5 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 110 | 7.5 | 11.411 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
- Sablayan in DecemberPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Rosario, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 143 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Batangas in DecemberPhilippines · 156 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Kalibo in DecemberPhilippines · 158 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 329 mm rain
- Lipa City in DecemberPhilippines · 177 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Candelaria in DecemberPhilippines · 180 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 229 mm rain
- Lucena in DecemberPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Pagbilao in DecemberPhilippines · 192 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 318 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 San Jose) is explained once on the San Jose, Philippines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.