Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In March its highs average 30.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Araripina, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 182nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and 327th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Araripina is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 95 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in MarchBrazil · 120 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Crato in MarchBrazil · 126 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in MarchBrazil · 137 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MarchBrazil · 185 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Iguatu in MarchBrazil · 189 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Petrolina in MarchBrazil · 203 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in MarchBrazil · 247 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Crateús in MarchBrazil · 267 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.