Climate averages 1991–2020
Oroquieta weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Oroquieta: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 21 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 Ozamiz City (38 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Oroquieta, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Oroquieta ranks joint 144th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 120th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Oroquieta is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 90 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
Oroquieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 255 | 26.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 199 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 27.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 128 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 90 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 137 | 23.0 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 201 | 25.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 174 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 143 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 205 | 26.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 216 | 26.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 257 | 28.1 | 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
- Ozamiz City in MarchPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Dipolog in MarchPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Iligan in MarchPhilippines · 56 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Iligan City in MarchPhilippines · 71 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Marawi City in MarchPhilippines · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 234 mm rain
- Muricay in MarchPhilippines · 82 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Pagadian in MarchPhilippines · 84 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Cagayan de Oro in MarchPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 200 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 Oroquieta) is explained once on the Oroquieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.