Climate averages 1991–2020
Chapadinha weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chapadinha: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 300 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Codó (98 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Chapadinha, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Chapadinha ranks joint 66th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 408th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Chapadinha is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 300 mm to 312 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
Chapadinha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 198 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 253 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 300 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 312 | 26.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 175 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 23 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| August | 33.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 12 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 29 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 63 | 9.3 | 12.312 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
- Codó in MarchBrazil · 98 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 315 mm rain
- Caxias in MarchBrazil · 124 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 345 mm rain
- São José de Ribamar in MarchBrazil · 153 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 452 mm rain
- Teresina in MarchBrazil · 162 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 328 mm rain
- Bacabal in MarchBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 316 mm rain
- São Luís in MarchBrazil · 171 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 440 mm rain
- Parnaíba in MarchBrazil · 199 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Santa Inês in MarchBrazil · 224 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 341 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 Chapadinha) is explained once on the Chapadinha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.