Things to Do in Baguio in March
March weather, activities, events & insider tips
March Weather in Baguio
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is March Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + Shoulder-season March slashes hotel prices and hands you a balcony over Burnham Park without the usual three-month advance panic.
- + Dawn thermometers read 14-18°C (57-64°F), so the 4km (2.5-mile) climb to Mines View Park feels like a stroll through cool pine air, not a death march.
- + La Trinidad’s strawberry rows are still fruiting—locals will tell you the season stretches to April, and the March berries punch sweeter than the February crop the crowds fought over.
- + The UV index hits a fierce 8, yet at 1,500m (4,920 ft) you bronze rather than crisp; Baguio folk call it “mountain glow,” and you’ll spot it on every cheekbone along Session Road.
- − By 2pm the humidity hits 70% and the air turns to warm soup—exactly why residents vanish into ukay-ukay racks or coffee mugs until 4pm.
- − Burnham Lagoon gives off a low-tide whiff in March—dry season has sucked the water down, baking the exposed mud under a noon sun.
- − During flower-festival prep, cabbies grow picky about short hops; wave cash at them for an 800m (0.5-mile) run to the cathedral and they’ll wave you away.
Year-Round Climate
How March compares to the rest of the year
Best Activities in March
Top things to do during your visit
March is the lull that rewards berry hunters—February’s festival mobs are gone but the fruit is peaking. The 6km (3.7-mile) spin from city center winds through pine corridors that smell like Christmas candles, and the gates stay open for self-picking until 5pm, when mountain fog folds over the rows.
March’s dry, cool mornings were made for for the 3km (1.9-mile) heritage loop from Session Road to Leonard Wood Road. American colonial mansions—think the 1909 Wright Park Riding Circle—glow honey-gold between 7-9am, before afternoon haze dulls the pine planks.
Camp John Hay’s 15km (9.3-mile) trail web rides fastest in March—dry-season packing plus pine-needle traction. Between Scout Hill’s jump track and the Bell House gardens you’ll drop and climb 200m (656 ft), and the 1,500m (4,920 ft) altitude will remind your lungs who’s boss.
Thermometers slide to 15°C (59°F) after dark, good for soup ladles and char-grilled corn along Harrison Road’s Night Market. Stalls fire up at 9pm, but locals know the good haul appears near 11pm—like the Ibaloy vendor pouring mountain rice wine from recycled Coke bottles.
Botanical Garden light in March is a photographer’s cheat code: 8am sun knifes through 40-year-old pines, throwing cathedral beams across the 8-hectare (20-acre) mix of Cordillera tribal huts and American-era rose beds that bloom on their own March-whim schedule.
Set the alarm for 5:30am; the 4:45am sunrise from Mines View Park’s 1,600m (5,249 ft) deck delivers 20km (12.4 miles) of crystal-clear Amburayan Valley and toy-sized gold mines. Postcard vendors who’ve manned the rail since the 1970s can call the exact second the peaks flush lavender.
March Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
Baguio’s month-long flower party marches through March with weekend street dancing on Session Road. The late-March grand parade sends flower-smothered floats—months in the making—crawling down Harrison Road while gong beats ricochet off the mountains and dancers in tapis skirts weave between.
Essential Tips
What to pack, insider knowledge and common pitfalls