Climate averages 1991–2020

Garanhuns weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 60 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Garanhuns · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Garanhuns: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Belo Jardim (61 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, 2.8°C warmer than Garanhuns, with 52 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Garanhuns ranks joint 272nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Garanhuns is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 66 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Garanhuns climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Garanhuns, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.5°C18.2°C18.2°C4511.312.613 h
February 27.3°C18.5°C18.5°C4911.712.412 h
March, selected 27.3°C18.7°C18.7°C6014.312.212 h
April 26.2°C18.4°C18.4°C6614.211.912 h
May 24.6°C17.9°C17.9°C6416.511.712 h
June 22.8°C17.0°C17.0°C6917.211.612 h
July 21.8°C16.0°C16.0°C6718.711.712 h
August 22.3°C15.7°C15.7°C4716.011.812 h
September 24.1°C16.1°C16.1°C3010.712.012 h
October 26.2°C16.8°C16.8°C226.512.312 h
November 27.5°C17.4°C17.4°C204.912.513 h
December 27.9°C17.9°C17.9°C257.212.613 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

Distance from Garanhuns

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Garanhuns) is explained once on the Garanhuns year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.