Palo weather in March

In March, Palo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 132 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Palo's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
25°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
132 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:52 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Palo is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Leyte.

Density
79/km²
people per km²
Founded
1768

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Palo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Palo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Palo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°20521.411.44.4
Feb28° / 25°14617.711.64.5
Mar29° / 25°13218.911.94.5
Apr30° / 26°8718.212.24.2
May30° / 26°12222.312.53.5
Jun30° / 26°18925.212.63.1
Jul30° / 26°20925.712.63.1
Aug30° / 26°15022.112.43.3
Sep30° / 26°1842412.13.2
Oct29° / 26°19626.211.73.2
Nov29° / 26°20424.511.53.5
Dec28° / 25°26225.111.43.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44555
54555
64456
74555
84555
94555
104555
114555
124654
134753
144852
154951
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185248
195347
205446
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235644
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Palo gets around 132 mm of rain over 18.9 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 60% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3160

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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
146432
246333
336433
436334
536334
626335
726236
826236
926137
1016138
1116138
1216039
1316039
1415940
1515841
1615841
1715742
1815643
1915643
2015544
2115445
2205446
2305347
2405248
2505149
2605050
2704951
2804753
2904654
3004555
3104456

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:005:46
211.86:005:46
311.85:595:47
411.85:595:47
511.85:585:47
611.85:585:47
711.85:575:47
811.85:575:47
911.85:565:47
1011.95:565:47
1111.95:555:47
1211.95:545:47
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1411.95:535:47
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2712.05:455:47
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3112.15:435:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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55.3Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Palo

In seasonPeak

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

Palo 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 Palo?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Palo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palo in March

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

In March, Palo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Palo 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 15 km away) is warmest in June at about 30°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Palo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palo peaks around April 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 13UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Palo?

Palo sits at 11.2°N, 125.0°E, 7 m above sea level, in Philippines. The nearest listed city is Tanauan, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Palo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,304 m.

The land around Palo is covered by trees (49%) within 3 km, water (38%), trees (31%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
140 m
16 km
381 m
80 km
1,304 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Tanauan 6.0 km · Tacloban 10 km · Panalanoy 11 km · Burauen 23 km · Carigara 37 km · Ormoc 45 km · Abuyog 46 km · Zumarraga 56 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
Roman Catholic 79%other 8%Muslim 6%other Christian 4%

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 Palo (11.1575°, 124.9908°, elevation 7 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).