Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Maceió: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Maceió, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 111th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 33rd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Maceió is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 129 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in MarchBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Arapiraca in MarchBrazil · 102 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 121 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Caruaru in MarchBrazil · 156 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Ipojuca in MarchBrazil · 159 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Gravatá in MarchBrazil · 164 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MarchBrazil · 166 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MarchBrazil · 172 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.