Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga 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 Caratinga: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 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 Manhuaçu (53 km away). In March its highs average 27.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Caratinga, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 206th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 123rd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Caratinga is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 68 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
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 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
- Manhuaçu in MarchBrazil · 53 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Ipatinga in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Timóteo in MarchBrazil · 58 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in MarchBrazil · 59 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in MarchBrazil · 106 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MarchBrazil · 108 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Itabira in MarchBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Viçosa in MarchBrazil · 132 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 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 Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.