The climate of General Santos
Af Tropical rainforest. Hot, wet and green every month of the year. Rain falls in every month, so there is no dry season to speak of. Temperatures hardly change through the year, and the vegetation is dense evergreen forest.
The 1901 to 1930 map puts General Santos in the same zone, Af.
General Santos: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Af Tropical rainforest | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Af Tropical rainforest | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Aw Tropical savannah | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Aw Tropical savannah | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | Aw Tropical savannah | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts General Santos in Aw (tropical savannah) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Af now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is Aw (tropical savannah).
Cities with the same climate as General Santos
Other big cities that are Af (tropical rainforest) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
Where General Santos's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, General Santos is Aw. These cities are Aw in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Bengaluru, India
- Hyderabad, India
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Bangkok, Thailand
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Population of General Santos from GeoNames: 722,059 (rank 804 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.