Climate averages 1991–2020
Malita weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Malita: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Digos (47 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Malita, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Malita ranks joint 85th of 151 for the warmest January highs and 94th of 151 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 151 cities is 27.8°C; Malita is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 96 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
Malita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 106 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 92 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 170 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 209 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 180 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 167 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 163 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 177 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 135 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 119 | 17.2 | 11.812 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
- Digos in JanuaryPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Lambayong in JanuaryPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Davao in JanuaryPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Tupi in JanuaryPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Koronadal in JanuaryPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Kidapawan in JanuaryPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 320 mm rain
- Mati in JanuaryPhilippines · 90 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Banga in JanuaryPhilippines · 92 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 118 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 Malita) is explained once on the Malita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.