Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in João Pessoa: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a 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 Santa Rita (13 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 111th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 54th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; João Pessoa is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 147 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in MarchBrazil · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Goiana in MarchBrazil · 52 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Igarassu in MarchBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Paulista in MarchBrazil · 92 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MarchBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Recife in MarchBrazil · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MarchBrazil · 112 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 78 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.