Climate averages 1991–2020
Malita weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Malita: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Digos (47 km away). In March its highs average 31.2°C, 2.6°C warmer than Malita, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Malita ranks joint 111th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 96th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Malita is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 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
Malita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 16.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 13.1 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 106 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 92 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 170 | 24.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 209 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 180 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 167 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 163 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 177 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 135 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 119 | 17.2 | 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
- Digos in MarchPhilippines · 47 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Lambayong in MarchPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Davao in MarchPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Tupi in MarchPhilippines · 73 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Koronadal in MarchPhilippines · 85 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Kidapawan in MarchPhilippines · 88 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Mati in MarchPhilippines · 90 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Banga in MarchPhilippines · 92 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 92 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 Malita) is explained once on the Malita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.