Davao
City in Philippines: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Victoria Plaza Davao: Pascalll, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Davao is a city in Philippines, in Davao Region. About 1.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Philippines in our atlas.
It lies at 7.07° N, 125.61° E, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Manila time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Davao. Green dots: other major cities of Philippines. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Davao has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (75°F). Around 2,125 mm (84 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PhilippinesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- General Santos · 117 km
- Malingao · 126 km
- Budta · 130 km
- Cagayan de Oro · 189 km
- Zamboanga · 390 km
- Cebu City · 407 km
- Paranaque City · 966 km
- Taguig · 966 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1715348 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1473 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Victoria Plaza Davao: Pascalll, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- People's Park 2: MadayawDavao, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
