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Cebu City in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Cebu City is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 32 minutes.December in Cebu City is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 32 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 90% of days
Daylight
11h 32mon average

Is December a good time to visit Cebu City?

A good month, just outside Cebu City's best months, which run from January to April.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in December, against 84°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 29°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

90% of days in December, against 54% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in December, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 32m in December, against 11h 32m to 12h 43m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November86°30°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. January84°29°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Cebu City sits, in December

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:54 AMsets 5:25 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
10.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
General Luna254 km east

The land around Cebu City, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Philippines in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Cebu City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 16 km north-east of Cebu City. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.