Climate averages 1991–2020
Manolo Fortich weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Manolo Fortich: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 3rd 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 Cagayan de Oro (27 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Manolo Fortich, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Manolo Fortich ranks joint 142nd of 151 for the warmest March highs and 148th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Manolo Fortich is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 206 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
Manolo Fortich climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 266 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 219 | 21.7 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 223 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 206 | 23.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 27.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 328 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 26.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 383 | 29.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 26.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 362 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 301 | 27.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 302 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 323 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 285 | 27.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 267 | 27.7 | 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
- Cagayan de Oro in MarchPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Iligan City in MarchPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Gingoog in MarchPhilippines · 57 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 150 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in MarchPhilippines · 57 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Maramag in MarchPhilippines · 69 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Iligan in MarchPhilippines · 70 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Quezon in MarchPhilippines · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Marawi City in MarchPhilippines · 76 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 234 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 Manolo Fortich) is explained once on the Manolo Fortich year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.