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Davao climate by month
What the weather is like
Davao has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 30° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,741 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (145 mm, 28 wet days) and April the driest (120 mm, 23 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in April to 63% in June.
The sea reaches about 30° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Manila, the capital, Davao is 2.1° cooler on a April afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · April
- Coldest nights
- 24° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 32 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 43 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Precipitation | 135 mm | 111 mm | 97 mm | 120 mm | 159 mm | 188 mm | 147 mm | 176 mm | 173 mm | 173 mm | 145 mm | 117 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 27.8 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 23 | 27.5 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 27.5 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 51% | 63% | 63% | 60% | 58% | 60% | 54% | 51% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 45 | 11h 54 | 12h 04 | 12h 16 | 12h 26 | 12h 32 | 12h 30 | 12h 21 | 12h 10 | 11h 58 | 11h 48 | 11h 43 |
| Month score | 43 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 41 |