Climate averages 1991–2020
Davao weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Davao: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panabo (27 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Davao, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Davao ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 71st of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Davao is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Panabo in MarchPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Maco in MarchPhilippines · 42 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Digos in MarchPhilippines · 46 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Magugpo Poblacion in MarchPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Kidapawan in MarchPhilippines · 58 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Mati in MarchPhilippines · 68 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Malita in MarchPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Lambayong in MarchPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 123 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.