Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossoró weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mossoró: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russas (75 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Mossoró, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Mossoró ranks joint 5th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 116th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Mossoró is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 117 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
Mossoró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 16 | 4.1 | 12.412 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
- Russas in MarchBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in MarchBrazil · 154 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 210 mm rain
- Pacajus in MarchBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Horizonte in MarchBrazil · 175 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Quixadá in MarchBrazil · 187 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Eusébio in MarchBrazil · 189 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MarchBrazil · 195 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MarchBrazil · 204 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 181 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 Mossoró) is explained once on the Mossoró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.