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El Nido in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in El Nido is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 29 minutes.December in El Nido is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 29 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 68% of days
Daylight
11h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit El Nido?

A good month, just outside El Nido's most comfortable months, which run from January to March.

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 86°F in December, against 86°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in December, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

68% of days in December, against 31% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in December, against 62% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 29m in December, against 11h 29m to 12h 46m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November87°31°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December86°30°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January86°30°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where El Nido sits, in December

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:13 AMsets 5:42 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
11.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Manila417 km north-east

The land around El Nido, 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 El Nido

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 12 km east of El Nido. 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (85 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (85 m). 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.