Climate averages 1991–2020
Sipalay weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sipalay: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th 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 Kabankalan (52 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Sipalay, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Sipalay ranks 10th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 75th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Sipalay is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 85 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
Sipalay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 82 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 88 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 115 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 269 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 389 | 28.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 432 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 386 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 397 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 330 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 186 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 154 | 18.0 | 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
- Kabankalan in DecemberPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Bayawan in DecemberPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Himamaylan in DecemberPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Bais in DecemberPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Tanjay in DecemberPhilippines · 87 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Bago City in DecemberPhilippines · 99 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Iloilo in DecemberPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Dumaguete in DecemberPhilippines · 111 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 165 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 Sipalay) is explained once on the Sipalay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.