Climate averages 1991–2020
Natal weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Natal: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parnamirim (15 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Natal, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Natal ranks joint 111th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 217th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Natal 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 150 mm to 183 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
Natal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 75 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 102 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 150 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 183 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 148 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 155 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 130 | 21.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 31 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 24 | 10.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 25 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 14.8 | 12.512 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
- Parnamirim in MarchBrazil · 15 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Macaíba in MarchBrazil · 17 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Ceará-Mirim in MarchBrazil · 30 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Santa Rita in MarchBrazil · 149 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- João Pessoa in MarchBrazil · 152 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MarchBrazil · 176 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Goiana in MarchBrazil · 198 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 229 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 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 Natal) is explained once on the Natal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Macaíba lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.