Climate averages 1991–2020
Dumaguete weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th 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 Dumaguete: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Tanjay (29 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Dumaguete, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Dumaguete ranks joint 98th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 79th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Dumaguete is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 74 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
Dumaguete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 113 | 17.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 107 | 12.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 89 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 161 | 22.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 249 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 278 | 27.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 240 | 25.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 247 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 256 | 28.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 175 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 165 | 22.3 | 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
- Tanjay in MarchPhilippines · 29 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Bais in MarchPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Bayawan in MarchPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Tagbilaran City in MarchPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Dipolog in MarchPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Kabankalan in MarchPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Himamaylan in MarchPhilippines · 100 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MarchPhilippines · 106 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 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 Dumaguete) is explained once on the Dumaguete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.