Climate averages 1991–2020
Davao weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Davao: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panabo (27 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Davao, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Davao ranks joint 43rd of 151 for the warmest January highs and joint 80th of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Davao is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Panabo in JanuaryPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Maco in JanuaryPhilippines · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Digos in JanuaryPhilippines · 46 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Magugpo Poblacion in JanuaryPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Kidapawan in JanuaryPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 320 mm rain
- Mati in JanuaryPhilippines · 68 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Malita in JanuaryPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Lambayong in JanuaryPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 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.