Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Santa Cruz, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 98th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 69th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Santa Cruz is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 62 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
Santa Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 16.6 | 11.411 h |
| February | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 70 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 62 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 205 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 269 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 379 | 29.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 317 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 343 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 245 | 25.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 181 | 23.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 250 | 22.5 | 11.311 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
- Los Baños in MarchPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 33 mm rain
- San Pablo in MarchPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Calamba in MarchPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Cabuyao in MarchPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Binangonan in MarchPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Mauban in MarchPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Candelaria in MarchPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Lucena in MarchPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 68 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 Santa Cruz) is explained once on the Santa Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.