Climate averages 1991–2020
Iligan 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 Iligan: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Iligan City (17 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Iligan, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Iligan ranks joint 132nd of 151 for the warmest March highs and 121st of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Iligan is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 114 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
Iligan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 214 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 174 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 129 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 114 | 16.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 247 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 156 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 212 | 26.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 196 | 23.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 212 | 25.0 | 11.712 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
- Iligan City in MarchPhilippines · 17 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Marawi City in MarchPhilippines · 25 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 234 mm rain
- Ozamiz City in MarchPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Cagayan de Oro in MarchPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MarchPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Manolo Fortich in MarchPhilippines · 70 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Muricay in MarchPhilippines · 95 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Maramag in MarchPhilippines · 99 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 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 Iligan) is explained once on the Iligan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.