Climate averages 1991–2020
Balsas weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Balsas: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grajaú (191 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Balsas, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Balsas ranks joint 77th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 296th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Balsas is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 110 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
Balsas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 204 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 183 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 178 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 110 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 55 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 157 | 19.4 | 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
- Grajaú in MarchBrazil · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Barra do Corda in MarchBrazil · 242 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Araguaína in MarchBrazil · 242 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Imperatriz in MarchBrazil · 275 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Açailândia in MarchBrazil · 330 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 300 mm rain
- Palmas in MarchBrazil · 386 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 313 mm rain
- Bacabal in MarchBrazil · 392 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 316 mm rain
- Codó in MarchBrazil · 417 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 315 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 Balsas) is explained once on the Balsas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.