Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 5th 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 Montes Claros: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 156th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 67th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Montes Claros is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 35 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in MarchBrazil · 119 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Curvelo in MarchBrazil · 233 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in MarchBrazil · 280 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Guanambi in MarchBrazil · 302 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in MarchBrazil · 306 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in MarchBrazil · 310 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in MarchBrazil · 322 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Paracatu in MarchBrazil · 325 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 198 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.