Climate averages 1991–2020
Cebu City weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Cebu City: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talisay (9 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cebu City, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cebu City ranks joint 108th of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 76th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Cebu City is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 67 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
Cebu City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 145 | 18.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 115 | 13.4 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 88 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 67 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 113 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 171 | 23.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 129 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 153 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 191 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 194 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 211 | 23.3 | 11.512 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
- Talisay in MarchPhilippines · 9 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Naga (Central Visayas), Philippines in MarchPhilippines · 19 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Danao in MarchPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Toledo, Philippines in MarchPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 135 mm rain
- Escalante in MarchPhilippines · 72 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in MarchPhilippines · 74 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Sagay in MarchPhilippines · 86 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Cadiz, Philippines in MarchPhilippines · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 166 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 Cebu City) is explained once on the Cebu City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.