Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacloban weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th 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 Tacloban: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Ormoc (51 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tacloban, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Tacloban ranks joint 111th of 151 for the warmest March highs and joint 122nd of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Tacloban is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 87 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
Tacloban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 205 | 21.5 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 149 | 17.8 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 132 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 87 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 122 | 22.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 189 | 25.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 209 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 150 | 22.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 196 | 26.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 204 | 24.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 261 | 25.1 | 11.511 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
- Ormoc in MarchPhilippines · 51 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Catbalogan in MarchPhilippines · 61 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Borongan in MarchPhilippines · 62 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Daanbantayan in MarchPhilippines · 108 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Danao in MarchPhilippines · 134 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Bantayan in MarchPhilippines · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Catarman in MarchPhilippines · 145 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Cebu City in MarchPhilippines · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 88 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 Tacloban) is explained once on the Tacloban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.