Climate averages 1991–2020
Caruaru weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Caruaru: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (44 km away). In March its highs average 31.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Caruaru, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caruaru ranks joint 102nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Caruaru is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 56 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
Caruaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 46 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 59 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 56 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 57 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 41 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 26 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 19 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 15 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 6.9 | 12.613 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
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MarchBrazil · 44 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Gravatá in MarchBrazil · 46 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MarchBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MarchBrazil · 78 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 88 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Ipojuca in MarchBrazil · 101 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MarchBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 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 Caruaru) is explained once on the Caruaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.