Climate averages 1991–2020
Surigao weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Surigao: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th 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 Buenavista (91 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Surigao, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Surigao ranks joint 83rd of 151 for the warmest December highs and 108th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Surigao is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 224 mm to 274 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
Surigao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 274 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 207 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 80 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 125 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 136 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 102 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 158 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 193 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 224 | 25.4 | 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
- Buenavista in DecemberPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 222 mm rain
- Butuan in DecemberPhilippines · 94 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Gingoog in DecemberPhilippines · 115 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 228 mm rain
- Bayugan in DecemberPhilippines · 119 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 232 mm rain
- Prosperidad in DecemberPhilippines · 141 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 213 mm rain
- San Francisco, Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 148 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 213 mm rain
- Ormoc in DecemberPhilippines · 167 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Tacloban in DecemberPhilippines · 170 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 261 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 Surigao) is explained once on the Surigao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.