Sagay weather in December

In December, Sagay sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 277 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sagay's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sagay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
26°
4th coldest
Rainfall
277 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:02 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
69%
7th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Sagay is city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental.

Density
218/km²
people per km²
Founded
1860

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Sagay reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Sagay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 22 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
22
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Sagay weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°17921.211.44.8
Feb27° / 25°13015.511.65.4
Mar28° / 26°1081511.95.6
Apr29° / 27°7411.612.25.4
May30° / 27°10719.512.54.0
Jun30° / 27°17723.912.63.3
Jul30° / 27°18823.712.63.4
Aug30° / 27°13119.512.43.7
Sep30° / 27°17022.312.13.5
Oct29° / 26°22626.311.83.4
Nov29° / 26°23924.311.53.7
Dec28° / 26°27725.511.44.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23862
33862
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53862
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sagay gets around 277 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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282
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584
684
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884
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3077
3176

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the miserable band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112079
212178
312178
412178
512277
612277
712277
802278
902278
1002377
1102377
1202476
1302575
1402674
1502773
1602971
1713069
1813168
1913267
2023365
2123464
2223563
2333661
2433661
2543759
2643858
2743957
2854055
2954154
3054352
3154451

Wind in December

Winds average 19 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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417light breeze
517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of December to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.45:545:18
211.45:545:18
311.45:555:19
411.45:555:19
511.45:565:19
611.45:565:20
711.45:575:20
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.36 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.36 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.4Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sagay

In seasonPeak

In December, Sagay sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sagay sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Sagay?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Sagay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sagay in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Sagay sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Sagay in December

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Sagay in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sagay peaks around April 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 10UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Sagay?

Sagay sits at 10.9°N, 123.4°E, 6 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Paraiso, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Sagay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sagay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sagay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,459 m.

The land around Sagay is covered by water (58%) within 3 km, water (56%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and water (57%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
317 m
80 km
2,459 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
December weather nearby: Paraiso 9.0 km · Escalante 14 km · Cadiz 15 km · Manapla 33 km · Victorias 39 km · Bantayan 41 km · Ualog 41 km · Enrique B. Magalona 49 km

Philippines travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$4,171
2025
Happiness
6.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
48%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 569
Religion
Roman Catholic 79%other 8%Muslim 6%other Christian 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sagay (10.9447°, 123.4242°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).