Climate averages 1991–2020
Davao weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Davao: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panabo (27 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Davao, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Davao ranks joint 103rd of 151 for the warmest April highs and 80th of 151 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 151 cities is 30.9°C; Davao is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 161 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Davao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 118 | 14.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 83 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 76 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 75 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 161 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 180 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 183 | 24.3 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 193 | 23.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 184 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 191 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 118 | 17.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 105 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Panabo in AprilPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Maco in AprilPhilippines · 42 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Digos in AprilPhilippines · 46 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Magugpo Poblacion in AprilPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Kidapawan in AprilPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 238 mm rain
- Mati in AprilPhilippines · 68 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Malita in AprilPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Lambayong in AprilPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 129 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Davao) is explained once on the Davao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.