Climate averages 1991–2020
Virac 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 Virac: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sorsogon (73 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Virac, with 402 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Virac ranks joint 105th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 140th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Virac is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 310 mm to 195 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
Virac climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 195 | 20.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 132 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 120 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 83 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 192 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 253 | 26.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 186 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 226 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 241 | 25.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 247 | 25.7 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 27.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 310 | 25.3 | 11.311 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
- Sorsogon in DecemberPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 402 mm rain
- Legaspi in DecemberPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 299 mm rain
- Polangui in DecemberPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Iriga City in DecemberPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Calabanga in DecemberPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Naga (Bicol Region), Philippines in DecemberPhilippines · 114 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Catarman in DecemberPhilippines · 128 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Daet in DecemberPhilippines · 150 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 317 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 Virac) is explained once on the Virac year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.