Climate averages 1991–2020
Crato weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Crato: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a 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 Juazeiro do Norte (11 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Crato, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crato ranks joint 77th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 289th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Crato is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 106 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
Crato climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 126 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 135 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 175 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 33.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.3 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 20 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 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
- Juazeiro do Norte in MarchBrazil · 11 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Iguatu in MarchBrazil · 98 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Araripina in MarchBrazil · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in MarchBrazil · 149 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in MarchBrazil · 227 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Picos in MarchBrazil · 228 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Patos in MarchBrazil · 236 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Quixadá in MarchBrazil · 255 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 141 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 Crato) is explained once on the Crato year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.