Climate averages 1991–2020
Zamboanga 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 Zamboanga: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jolo (152 km away). In December its highs average 27.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zamboanga, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Zamboanga ranks joint 59th of 151 for the warmest December highs and 79th of 151 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 151 cities is 28.1°C; Zamboanga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 119 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
Zamboanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 119 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 108 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 130 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 208 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 247 | 26.2 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 26.5 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 192 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 190 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 244 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 197 | 25.1 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 157 | 23.1 | 11.712 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
- Jolo in DecemberPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Pagadian in DecemberPhilippines · 182 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Muricay in DecemberPhilippines · 185 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Dipolog in DecemberPhilippines · 231 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in DecemberPhilippines · 238 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Cotabato in DecemberPhilippines · 242 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in DecemberPhilippines · 244 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 184 mm rain
- Oroquieta in DecemberPhilippines · 259 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 257 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 Zamboanga) is explained once on the Zamboanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.