Climate averages 1991–2020
Sipalay weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Sipalay: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Kabankalan (52 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Sipalay, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Sipalay ranks joint 34th of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 76th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Sipalay is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 115 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
Sipalay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 85 | 12.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 82 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 88 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 115 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 269 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 389 | 28.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 432 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 386 | 27.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 397 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 330 | 28.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 186 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 154 | 18.0 | 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
- Kabankalan in MarchPhilippines · 52 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Bayawan in MarchPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Himamaylan in MarchPhilippines · 64 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Bais in MarchPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Tanjay in MarchPhilippines · 87 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Bago City in MarchPhilippines · 99 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Iloilo in MarchPhilippines · 107 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Dumaguete in MarchPhilippines · 111 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 89 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 Sipalay) is explained once on the Sipalay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.