Manay weather in March

In March, Manay sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 134 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Manay's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 134 mm; 17.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:45 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Manay is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Davao Oriental.

Density: 49/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1917

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical March day in Manay reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	23
2	27	23
3	27	23
4	27	23
5	27	23
6	27	23
7	27	23
8	27	23
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24	27	23
25	27	23
26	27	23
27	27	23
28	27	23
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

Manay weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 23°	244	22	11.6	4.7
Feb	27° / 23°	186	18.3	11.8	4.9
Mar	27° / 23°	134	17.5	12	5.4
Apr	28° / 24°	96	15.8	12.2	5.4
May	28° / 24°	184	25.6	12.3	4.1
Jun	28° / 24°	251	27.3	12.4	3.6
Jul	28° / 24°	239	27.4	12.4	3.7
Aug	28° / 24°	226	26.3	12.2	3.9
Sep	28° / 24°	256	25.1	12	3.9
Oct	28° / 24°	288	26.6	11.8	3.8
Nov	28° / 24°	171	22.9	11.7	4.3
Dec	27° / 24°	184	22.3	11.6	4.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	38	39	39	38	39	39	39	38	38	39	38	38	38	38	39	40	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	47	47	46	47	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	62	61	61	62	61	61	61	62	62	61	62	62	62	62	61	60	59	58	58	58	57	56	56	55	53	53	54	53	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Manay gets around 134 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	59	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	58
3	57
4	57
5	56
6	56
7	55
8	55
9	55
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	51
31	50

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Oppressive (%)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:52	5:43
2	11.9	5:51	5:43
3	11.9	5:51	5:43
4	11.9	5:50	5:43
5	11.9	5:50	5:43
6	11.9	5:50	5:43
7	11.9	5:49	5:43
8	11.9	5:49	5:43
9	11.9	5:48	5:42
10	11.9	5:48	5:42
11	11.9	5:47	5:42
12	11.9	5:47	5:42
13	11.9	5:46	5:42
14	11.9	5:46	5:42
15	11.9	5:45	5:42
16	12.0	5:45	5:42
17	12.0	5:44	5:42
18	12.0	5:44	5:42
19	12.0	5:43	5:42
20	12.0	5:43	5:42
21	12.0	5:42	5:42
22	12.0	5:42	5:41
23	12.0	5:41	5:41
24	12.0	5:41	5:41
25	12.0	5:40	5:41
26	12.0	5:40	5:41
27	12.0	5:39	5:41
28	12.0	5:39	5:41
29	12.0	5:38	5:41
30	12.0	5:38	5:41
31	12.1	5:37	5:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Manay

In seasonPeak

In March, Manay sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Manay sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Manay?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Manay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Manay in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Manay sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Manay in March

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in February near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29
Comfort	Tropical	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Tropical
Feb	28	Warm
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	30	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	29	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Manay in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Manay peaks around March 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	15	15	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Manay?

Manay sits at 7.2°N, 126.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Mati, 46 km away.

Topography around Manay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Manay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,129 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,619 m.

The land around Manay is covered by trees (73%) and water (24%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (48%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and trees (47%) within 80 km.

3 km

313 m

trees 73%

16 km

1,129 m

water 49%

80 km

2,619 m

water 50%

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← February Manay year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Mati 46 km · San Mariano 67 km · Lupon 68 km · Compostela 71 km · Nabunturan 77 km · Maco 77 km · Magugpo Poblacion 85 km · Monkayo 86 km

Philippines travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,171; 2025
Happiness: 6.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 48%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Manay (7.215°, 126.5397°, elevation 15 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	23
2	27	23
3	27	23
4	27	23
5	27	23
6	27	23
7	27	23
8	27	23
9	27	23
10	27	23
11	27	23
12	27	23
13	27	23
14	27	23
15	27	23
16	27	23
17	27	23
18	27	23
19	27	23
20	27	23
21	27	23
22	27	23
23	27	23
24	27	23
25	27	23
26	27	23
27	27	23
28	27	23
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	58
3	57
4	57
5	56
6	56
7	55
8	55
9	55
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	23
2	27	23
3	27	23
4	27	23
5	27	23
6	27	23
7	27	23
8	27	23
9	27	23
10	27	23
11	27	23
12	27	23
13	27	23
14	27	23
15	27	23
16	27	23
17	27	23
18	27	23
19	27	23
20	27	23
21	27	23
22	27	23
23	27	23
24	27	23
25	27	23
26	27	23
27	27	23
28	27	23
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	58
3	57
4	57
5	56
6	56
7	55
8	55
9	55
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	23
2	27	23
3	27	23
4	27	23
5	27	23
6	27	23
7	27	23
8	27	23
9	27	23
10	27	23
11	27	23
12	27	23
13	27	23
14	27	23
15	27	23
16	27	23
17	27	23
18	27	23
19	27	23
20	27	23
21	27	23
22	27	23
23	27	23
24	27	23
25	27	23
26	27	23
27	27	23
28	27	23
29	27	24
30	27	24
31	27	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	41	59
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	58
3	57
4	57
5	56
6	56
7	55
8	55
9	55
10	56
11	56
12	56
13	56
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	56
26	55
27	54
28	53
29	52
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89