Climate averages 1991–2020
Crateús weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Crateús: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quixeramobim (152 km away). In March its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Crateús, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crateús ranks joint 24th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 140th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Crateús is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 94 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
Crateús climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 90 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 94 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.4 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.6 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 12.412 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
- Quixeramobim in MarchBrazil · 152 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Tianguá in MarchBrazil · 165 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Sobral in MarchBrazil · 170 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Canindé in MarchBrazil · 176 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Quixadá in MarchBrazil · 185 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Iguatu in MarchBrazil · 201 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MarchBrazil · 223 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 228 mm rain
- Picos in MarchBrazil · 229 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 149 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 Crateús) is explained once on the Crateús year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.