Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Princesa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Puerto Princesa: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a 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 Brookes Point (146 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Puerto Princesa, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Puerto Princesa ranks joint 76th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 93rd of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Puerto Princesa is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 82 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
Puerto Princesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 101 | 14.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 79 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 99 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 82 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 185 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 226 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 226 | 27.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 208 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 238 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 259 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 208 | 25.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 196 | 23.2 | 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
- Brookes Point in MarchPhilippines · 146 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 116 mm rain
- San Jose, Philippines in MarchPhilippines · 386 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Sipalay in MarchPhilippines · 402 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Sablayan in MarchPhilippines · 409 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Iloilo in MarchPhilippines · 432 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Sandakan in MarchMalaysia · 439 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Kabankalan in MarchPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Bayawan in MarchPhilippines · 448 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 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 Puerto Princesa) is explained once on the Puerto Princesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.