Climate averages 1991–2020
Alfenas weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Alfenas: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (55 km away). In March its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Alfenas, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alfenas ranks joint 382nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 170th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Alfenas is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 52 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
Alfenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 245 | 22.0 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 151 | 16.6 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 64 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 172 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 204 | 21.1 | 13.413 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
- Varginha in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in MarchBrazil · 75 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Três Corações in MarchBrazil · 78 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in MarchBrazil · 89 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 178 mm rain
- Lavras in MarchBrazil · 100 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Passos in MarchBrazil · 105 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 146 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in MarchBrazil · 106 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Itajubá in MarchBrazil · 122 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 206 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 Alfenas) is explained once on the Alfenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.