Climate averages 1991–2020
Dipolog weather
in March.
A hot, 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 Dipolog: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a 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 Oroquieta (52 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dipolog, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dipolog ranks joint 127th of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 90th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Dipolog is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 92 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
Dipolog climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 138 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 116 | 15.1 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 94 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 92 | 15.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 175 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 236 | 27.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 221 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 204 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 237 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 27.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 191 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 193 | 23.2 | 11.612 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
- Oroquieta in MarchPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in MarchPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Dumaguete in MarchPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Pagadian in MarchPhilippines · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Muricay in MarchPhilippines · 84 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Bayawan in MarchPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Iligan in MarchPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Tanjay in MarchPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 93 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 Dipolog) is explained once on the Dipolog year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.