Things to Do in Angeles City in December
December weather, activities, events & insider tips
December Weather in Angeles City
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is December Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + December gives you the year's driest window. Only 0.2 inches (5 mm) of rain fall, and they land in sharp 15-minute bursts. Streets steam clean themselves. The air smells of warm concrete and frangipani.
- + Hotel corridors along Fields Avenue sit half-empty. Korean corporate blocks just checked out. Walk-in rates drop. Front-desk staff bargain without the usual eye-roll.
- + Morning jeepneys to Clark glide past parol lanterns flickering in dawn haze. Barangays run an informal contest for the most elaborate Christmas star lanterns. Catch them 5:30-6:00 AM before commuters climb aboard.
- + Night temperatures dip to 23°C (73°F). You can sit outside on Balibago's rooftop bars. No sweat glazes your beer bottle. Small luxury, huge relief after sauna months.
- − UV index 8 is still brutal. Midday sun off MacArthur Highway concrete fries unprotected skin in 20 minutes. December cloud cover is thin enough to let it through.
- − Every Filipino overseas worker comes home for Christmas. Clark arrivals hall turns into a baggage-carousel mosh pit from 20 Dec onward. Traffic on Angeles-Magalang Road doubles.
- − Bars close 24-25 Dec and again 31 Dec-1 Jan. If your holiday hinges on neon, you'll spend two nights listening to firecrackers instead of bass lines.
Year-Round Climate
How December compares to the rest of the year
| Month | High | Low | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°C | 22°C | 0.1 inches |
| Feb | 30°C | 21°C | 0.1 inches |
| Mar | 33°C | 22°C | 0.1 inches |
| Apr | 34°C | 24°C | 0.1 inches |
| May | 34°C | 25°C | 0.2 inches |
| Jun | 31°C | 24°C | 0.3 inches |
| Jul | 30°C | 24°C | 0.5 inches |
| Aug | 30°C | 24°C | 0.4 inches |
| Sep | 30°C | 23°C | 0.4 inches |
| Oct | 30°C | 23°C | 0.4 inches |
| Nov | 30°C | 23°C | 0.2 inches |
| Dec | 29°C | 23°C | 0.1 inches |
Best Activities in December
Top things to do during your visit
December's cool dawns suit a 3 km (1.9 miles) walk around heritage Angeles. Start at the 1877 Holy Rosary Church. Detour to Camalig where sisig was invented. Finish at Susie's Cuisine for hot tibok-tibok pudding. Steam rises into 24°C (75°F) air and smells faintly of coconut and burnt sugar. Crowds are thin before 9 AM. Stone walls still hold yesterday's chill.
Dry December trails mean less volcanic dust swirling into your eyes. The 4×4 ride across lahar fields feels like driving on the moon under a sharp blue sky. The crater lake glows an almost artificial turquoise. Photographs look best before 10 AM when the sun is still low enough to avoid glare off the water.
Air-conditioned refuge during the 29°C (84°F) midday peak. The 4D earthquake simulator rumbles under your seat. Gunpowder scent piped into the room references the 1991 eruption. Cheesy but effective. December school groups are absent. You can ride it twice without a queue.
Temperature drops to 24°C (75°F) after 8 PM. Good for browsing stalls selling hand-beaten brass parols. The air tastes of charcoal-grilled isaw skewers and sweet banana cue caramelizing in recycled oil drums. Smells cling to your jacket and follow you home.
December's dry roads and rice-harvest season let you ride 50 km (31 miles) through golden paddies without sliding on mud. Loop north to Magalang, east to Arayat, back via sugar-cane fields. The air smells of burnt cane trash and fresh carabao grass. Mount Arayat hovers like a green screen backdrop.
December Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
Barangays build 6-foot spinning lanterns with 3,000+ lightbulbs. The winning entry parades down Fields Avenue on the Saturday before Christmas. Arrive 6 PM to watch technicians hand-wire bulbs. Drink hot tsokolate from street vendors.
4 AM masses at the 1919 Holy Rosary Parish fill with families wearing hoodies against the 23°C (73°F) chill. Church bells echo across empty lots still dotted with dew. Non-Catholics welcome. Stand at the back to avoid communion traffic.
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