Climate averages 1991–2020
Catbalogan weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Catbalogan: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacloban (61 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Catbalogan, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Catbalogan ranks joint 72nd of 151 for the warmest March highs and 75th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Catbalogan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 64 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
Catbalogan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 139 | 17.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 97 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 64 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 134 | 20.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 225 | 25.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 291 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 223 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 241 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 212 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 148 | 21.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 21.4 | 11.411 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
- Tacloban in MarchPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Borongan in MarchPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Catarman in MarchPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Ormoc in MarchPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in MarchPhilippines · 112 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Bantayan in MarchPhilippines · 144 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Sorsogon in MarchPhilippines · 165 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Danao in MarchPhilippines · 168 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 91 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 Catbalogan) is explained once on the Catbalogan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.