Climate averages 1991–2020
Betim weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Betim: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Contagem (16 km away). In March its highs average 26.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Betim, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Betim ranks joint 332nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 236th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Betim is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 62 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
Betim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 233 | 18.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 27.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 133 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 156 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 9.3 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| August | 25.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 56 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 205 | 18.5 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 272 | 22.0 | 13.313 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
- Contagem in MarchBrazil · 16 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Ibirité in MarchBrazil · 16 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in MarchBrazil · 25 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Esmeraldas, Brazil in MarchBrazil · 26 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MarchBrazil · 28 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MarchBrazil · 37 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Itaúna in MarchBrazil · 41 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Sabará in MarchBrazil · 42 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 156 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 Betim) is explained once on the Betim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.