Weather in Davao in February

Philippines · 20-year averages, February

Shoulder season. February sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 15 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

Davao barely has seasons. February scores 54 out of 100 against a best of 54 in February — a gap small enough that the month you choose matters far less here than the week you choose.

Rain on 15 days, 4 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 82% nothing dries, including you.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 18 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break; the day barely swings — 5.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 32.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 21.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 86 mm — roughly 65% of the month's rain in one day.

February is moderately variable: 20 mm in the driest year against 336 mm in the wettest, around an average of 132 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 5.7 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29.8 °C in January, 30.2 here, 30.8 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 6 days fewer than January had.

Daylight in February

Davao sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.9 hours in February, against a range of just 0.8 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 7.2 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, January is the trade worth considering — 4 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Davao versus nearby

If Davao is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Budta is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Cagayan de Oro is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain.

So: February is the answer for Davao. If it is booked out or priced out, March is the next best thing at 1 points behind, and May is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Davao

MonthHigh °CLow °CRain daysRain mmHumidity %Daylight hScore
January29.824.8 212048311.850
February30.224.4 151328211.954
March30.824.7 161218012.153
April31.625.5 171177812.348
May31.326.6 241797912.446
June30.726.5 252187912.548
July30.426.1 252047912.550
August30.526.1 231938012.449
September30.826.2 231887912.248
October3126.2 25241791247
November30.726 221558011.848
December30.425.5 211728211.748

See all twelve months in Davao, or where else to go in February.

Planning the rest of the trip

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