Climate averages 1991–2020
Nova Friburgo weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nova Friburgo: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teresópolis (48 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nova Friburgo, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Nova Friburgo ranks joint 376th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 393rd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Nova Friburgo is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 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
Nova Friburgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 332 | 22.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 234 | 18.5 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 26.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 252 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 16.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 80 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 42 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 117 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 310 | 22.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 352 | 24.2 | 13.513 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
- Teresópolis in MarchBrazil · 48 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 259 mm rain
- Itaboraí in MarchBrazil · 62 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in MarchBrazil · 66 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Magé in MarchBrazil · 67 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Araruama in MarchBrazil · 68 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Saquarema in MarchBrazil · 69 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Petrópolis in MarchBrazil · 71 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Três Rios in MarchBrazil · 72 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 148 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 Nova Friburgo) is explained once on the Nova Friburgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.