Climate averages 1991–2020
Dourados weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Dourados: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponta Porã (101 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Dourados, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Dourados ranks joint 77th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 78th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Dourados is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 84 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
Dourados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 187 | 19.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 155 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 117 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 84 | 9.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 92 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 6.7 | 10.811 h |
| July | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 53 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 57 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 92 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 141 | 14.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 148 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| December | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 174 | 17.9 | 13.513 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
- Ponta Porã in MarchBrazil · 101 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 132 mm rain
- Campo Grande in MarchBrazil · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Umuarama in MarchBrazil · 229 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Paranavaí in MarchBrazil · 258 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Cianorte in MarchBrazil · 277 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Toledo, Brazil in MarchBrazil · 298 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Campo Mourão in MarchBrazil · 320 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Maringá in MarchBrazil · 323 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 122 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 Dourados) is explained once on the Dourados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.