Climate averages 1991–2020
Sorsogon weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Sorsogon: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 402 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Legaspi (33 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sorsogon, with 299 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Sorsogon ranks joint 127th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 149th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Sorsogon is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 402 mm to 293 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
Sorsogon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 293 | 26.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 185 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 161 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 144 | 22.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 197 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 269 | 27.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 199 | 24.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 229 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 256 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 296 | 27.8 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 402 | 28.5 | 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
- Legaspi in DecemberPhilippines · 33 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 299 mm rain
- Polangui in DecemberPhilippines · 65 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Virac in DecemberPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 310 mm rain
- Iriga City in DecemberPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Catarman in DecemberPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Naga (Bicol Region), Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 113 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Calabanga in DecemberPhilippines · 118 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Catbalogan in DecemberPhilippines · 165 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 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 Sorsogon) is explained once on the Sorsogon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.