Climate averages 1991–2020
Barbacena weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Barbacena: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 São João del Rei (52 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Barbacena, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Barbacena ranks joint 432nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and 345th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Barbacena is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 82 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
Barbacena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 291 | 21.6 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 188 | 16.8 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 202 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 82 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 44 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 77 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 306 | 24.2 | 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
- São João del Rei in MarchBrazil · 52 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MarchBrazil · 63 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Juiz de Fora in MarchBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Ubá in MarchBrazil · 87 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in MarchBrazil · 97 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Viçosa in MarchBrazil · 106 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil in MarchBrazil · 114 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 220 mm rain
- Três Rios in MarchBrazil · 115 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 148 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 Barbacena) is explained once on the Barbacena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.