Climate averages 1991–2020
Ipatinga weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Ipatinga: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 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 Coronel Fabriciano (11 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Ipatinga, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ipatinga ranks joint 36th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 81st of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Ipatinga is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 64 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
Ipatinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 177 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 9.8 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 37 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 185 | 15.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 234 | 17.2 | 13.313 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
- Coronel Fabriciano in MarchBrazil · 11 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Timóteo in MarchBrazil · 17 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Caratinga in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Itabira in MarchBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 158 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MarchBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in MarchBrazil · 92 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in MarchBrazil · 102 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Sabará in MarchBrazil · 141 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 156 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 Ipatinga) is explained once on the Ipatinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.