Climate averages 1991–2020
Conselheiro Lafaiete weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Conselheiro Lafaiete: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Ouro Preto (42 km away). In March its highs average 23.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Conselheiro Lafaiete, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Conselheiro Lafaiete ranks joint 421st of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 260th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Conselheiro Lafaiete is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 64 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
Conselheiro Lafaiete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 236 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 14.8 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 164 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| August | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 64 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 211 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 253 | 23.2 | 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
- Ouro Preto in MarchBrazil · 42 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Barbacena in MarchBrazil · 63 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 202 mm rain
- São João del Rei in MarchBrazil · 72 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MarchBrazil · 75 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Ibirité in MarchBrazil · 76 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MarchBrazil · 84 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Contagem in MarchBrazil · 86 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Sabará in MarchBrazil · 86 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 156 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete) is explained once on the Conselheiro Lafaiete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.