Climate averages 1991–2020

San Jose, Philippines weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.4°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 25.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 19 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in San Jose · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in San Jose, Philippines: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sablayan (63 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as San Jose, Philippines, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, San Jose, Philippines ranks joint 78th of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; San Jose, Philippines is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 25 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

San Jose, Philippines climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for San Jose, Philippines, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.0°C24.5°C24.5°C243.111.511 h
February 28.5°C24.4°C24.4°C242.011.712 h
March, selected 29.4°C25.1°C25.1°C192.612.112 h
April 30.5°C26.0°C26.0°C252.712.412 h
May 30.0°C26.1°C26.1°C15715.012.713 h
June 28.8°C25.4°C25.4°C33124.112.813 h
July 27.9°C24.9°C24.9°C51126.712.813 h
August 27.7°C24.9°C24.9°C44026.412.513 h
September 27.8°C24.8°C24.8°C40224.412.212 h
October 28.3°C25.0°C25.0°C23418.611.912 h
November 28.6°C25.4°C25.4°C1028.511.612 h
December 28.2°C25.1°C25.1°C1107.511.411 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

Distance from San Jose

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for San Jose) is explained once on the San Jose, Philippines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.