Climate averages 1991–2020
Duque de Caxias weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Duque de Caxias: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th 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 Belford Roxo (9 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Duque de Caxias, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Duque de Caxias ranks joint 66th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 369th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Duque de Caxias is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 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
Duque de Caxias climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 265 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 200 | 17.9 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 74 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 86 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 213 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 237 | 21.1 | 13.514 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
- Belford Roxo in MarchBrazil · 9 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 171 mm rain
- Nova Iguaçu in MarchBrazil · 15 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Rio de Janeiro in MarchBrazil · 19 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Barra da Tijuca in MarchBrazil · 24 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Queimados in MarchBrazil · 26 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 171 mm rain
- São Gonçalo in MarchBrazil · 27 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Magé in MarchBrazil · 31 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Petrópolis in MarchBrazil · 34 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 244 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 Duque de Caxias) is explained once on the Duque de Caxias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.