Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabo Frio weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Cabo Frio: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). 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 Pedro da Aldeia (9 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Cabo Frio, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cabo Frio ranks joint 298th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 54th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Cabo Frio is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 57 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
Cabo Frio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 104 | 10.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 34 | 6.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 28 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 54 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 96 | 9.8 | 13.514 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 Pedro da Aldeia in MarchBrazil · 9 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Araruama in MarchBrazil · 32 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in MarchBrazil · 41 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Saquarema in MarchBrazil · 45 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Macaé in MarchBrazil · 61 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Maricá in MarchBrazil · 81 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in MarchBrazil · 85 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Itaboraí in MarchBrazil · 87 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 220 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 Cabo Frio) is explained once on the Cabo Frio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.