Climate averages 1991–2020
Surigao weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Surigao: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Buenavista (91 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Surigao, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Surigao ranks joint 114th of 151 for the warmest March highs and 124th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Surigao is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 80 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
Surigao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 274 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 207 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 80 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 125 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 136 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 102 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 158 | 23.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 193 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 224 | 25.4 | 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
- Buenavista in MarchPhilippines · 91 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Butuan in MarchPhilippines · 94 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Gingoog in MarchPhilippines · 115 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Bayugan in MarchPhilippines · 119 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Prosperidad in MarchPhilippines · 141 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 156 mm rain
- San Francisco, Philippines in MarchPhilippines · 148 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Ormoc in MarchPhilippines · 167 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Tacloban in MarchPhilippines · 170 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 132 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 Surigao) is explained once on the Surigao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.