Climate averages 1991–2020
Jolo weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Jolo: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zamboanga (152 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jolo, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Jolo ranks joint 135th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 61st of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Jolo is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 56 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
Jolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 89 | 14.8 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 57 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 56 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 104 | 18.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 135 | 21.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 129 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 106 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 101 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 145 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 130 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| December | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 110 | 19.7 | 11.812 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
- Zamboanga in MarchPhilippines · 152 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in MarchMalaysia · 317 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Sandakan in MarchMalaysia · 320 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Pagadian in MarchPhilippines · 333 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Muricay in MarchPhilippines · 337 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Dipolog in MarchPhilippines · 380 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Cotabato in MarchPhilippines · 381 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Sultan Kudarat in MarchPhilippines · 383 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 159 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 Jolo) is explained once on the Jolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.