Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto 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 Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks 436th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 379th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Ouro Preto is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 99 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 13.313 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
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MarchBrazil · 42 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Nova Lima in MarchBrazil · 58 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Sabará in MarchBrazil · 65 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in MarchBrazil · 69 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Ibirité in MarchBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 147 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MarchBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Viçosa in MarchBrazil · 76 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Contagem in MarchBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 147 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.