Climate averages 1991–2020
Governador Valadares weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Governador Valadares: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipatinga (92 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Governador Valadares, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Governador Valadares ranks joint 20th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 79th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Governador Valadares is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 65 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
Governador Valadares climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 160 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 101 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 65 | 9.1 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 14.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 214 | 17.4 | 13.213 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
- Ipatinga in MarchBrazil · 92 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in MarchBrazil · 103 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Caratinga in MarchBrazil · 106 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Timóteo in MarchBrazil · 110 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in MarchBrazil · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in MarchBrazil · 157 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Colatina in MarchBrazil · 158 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Itabira in MarchBrazil · 159 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 158 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 Governador Valadares) is explained once on the Governador Valadares year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.