Climate averages 1991–2020
Davao weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Davao: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panabo (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Davao, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Davao ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest August highs and 36th of 151 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 151 cities is 29.0°C; Davao is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 184 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Panabo in AugustPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Maco in AugustPhilippines · 42 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Digos in AugustPhilippines · 46 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Magugpo Poblacion in AugustPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Kidapawan in AugustPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Mati in AugustPhilippines · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 247 mm rain
- Malita in AugustPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Lambayong in AugustPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 204 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.