Climate averages 1991–2020
Campos dos Goytacazes weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Campos dos Goytacazes: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 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 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Itaperuna (84 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Campos dos Goytacazes, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Campos dos Goytacazes ranks joint 51st of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 177th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Campos dos Goytacazes is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 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
Campos dos Goytacazes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 155 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 83 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 143 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 82 | 12.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 20 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 82 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 169 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 17.7 | 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
- Itaperuna in MarchBrazil · 84 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Macaé in MarchBrazil · 84 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in MarchBrazil · 103 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in MarchBrazil · 107 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Muriaé in MarchBrazil · 128 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in MarchBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 252 mm rain
- São Pedro da Aldeia in MarchBrazil · 145 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Cabo Frio in MarchBrazil · 145 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 104 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 Campos dos Goytacazes) is explained once on the Campos dos Goytacazes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.