Davao climate

Name: Davao
Address: PH

Davao is warmest in April, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 24 °C. June is the wettest month (198 mm) and February the driest (90 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Davao averages 1,762 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Philippines · population 1,848,947 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 30 °C
Coldest month February 24 °C
Driest month February 90 mm
Wettest month June 198 mm
Least cloud April 64 % cloud
Hottest on record April 34 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectDavao through the year

Davao changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 94 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 198 mm against 90 mm in February — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Davao is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.5 °C	128 mm	74 %
February	28.8 °C	90 mm	70 %
March	29.6 °C	92 mm	65 %
April	30.3 °C	99 mm	64 %
May	29.8 °C	181 mm	78 %
June	29.1 °C	198 mm	85 %
July	29.0 °C	179 mm	85 %
August	29.2 °C	187 mm	83 %
September	29.5 °C	176 mm	82 %
October	29.6 °C	191 mm	82 %
November	29.4 °C	130 mm	76 %
December	29.0 °C	109 mm	76 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.5 °C	23.9 °C	25.7 °C	32.7 °C	21.9 °C	31	4
February	28.8 °C	23.8 °C	25.8 °C	33.1 °C	21.3 °C	28	5
March	29.6 °C	24.0 °C	26.3 °C	33.5 °C	21.5 °C	31	12
April	30.3 °C	24.6 °C	27.0 °C	34.0 °C	22.7 °C	30	18
May	29.8 °C	24.8 °C	26.9 °C	33.1 °C	23.0 °C	31	12
June	29.1 °C	24.6 °C	26.6 °C	31.7 °C	23.2 °C	30	5
July	29.0 °C	24.4 °C	26.4 °C	31.6 °C	22.5 °C	31	3
August	29.2 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	32.8 °C	22.7 °C	31	4
September	29.5 °C	24.5 °C	26.7 °C	32.2 °C	23.0 °C	30	8
October	29.6 °C	24.5 °C	26.7 °C	33.1 °C	23.0 °C	31	10
November	29.4 °C	24.4 °C	26.5 °C	32.7 °C	21.9 °C	30	8
December	29.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.2 °C	32.3 °C	21.7 °C	31	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	128 mm	14	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	12 km/h	28.0 °C
February	90 mm	11	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	12 km/h	27.9 °C
March	92 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	12 km/h	28.1 °C
April	99 mm	13	12 h/day	64 %	79 %	11 km/h	28.8 °C
May	181 mm	23	12 h/day	78 %	83 %	10 km/h	29.3 °C
June	198 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	84 %	9.5 km/h	29.5 °C
July	179 mm	23	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	9.5 km/h	29.2 °C
August	187 mm	23	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	9.9 km/h	29.1 °C
September	176 mm	21	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	9.4 km/h	29.4 °C
October	191 mm	22	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	9.1 km/h	29.4 °C
November	130 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	9.7 km/h	29.2 °C
December	109 mm	14	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	11 km/h	28.7 °C

How Davao compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Davao	30 °C	24 °C	1,762 mm	364
Panabo · Philippines	30 °C	23 °C	1,666 mm	363
Magugpo Poblacion · Philippines	30 °C	23 °C	1,523 mm	361
Koronadal · Philippines	31 °C	23 °C	1,922 mm	364
NIA Valencia · Philippines	30 °C	20 °C	2,207 mm	356
General Santos · Philippines	32 °C	23 °C	2,640 mm	365
Malingao · Philippines	33 °C	23 °C	1,966 mm	365

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Davao.

QuestionsCommon questions about Davao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Davao?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Davao get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 94 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Davao?

June, averaging 198 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is February with 90 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,762 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Davao rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 7.073°, 125.613° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.