Climate averages 1991–2020
Arapiraca weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Arapiraca: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (94 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Arapiraca, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arapiraca ranks 12th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Arapiraca is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 63 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
Arapiraca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 63 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 74 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 63 | 19.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 42 | 16.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 29 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 32.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 17 | 4.7 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in MarchBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 98 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Maceió in MarchBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Itabaiana in MarchBrazil · 133 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Aracaju in MarchBrazil · 136 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 77 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in MarchBrazil · 152 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MarchBrazil · 154 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MarchBrazil · 160 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 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 Arapiraca) is explained once on the Arapiraca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.