Climate averages 1991–2020
Paracatu weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th 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 Paracatu: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a very 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 Unaí (96 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Paracatu, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 216th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 337th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Paracatu is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 69 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
Paracatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 254 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 198 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.0 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 96 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 235 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 281 | 22.0 | 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
- Unaí in MarchBrazil · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 171 mm rain
- Catalão in MarchBrazil · 155 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 182 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in MarchBrazil · 156 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Luziânia in MarchBrazil · 157 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Cidade Ocidental in MarchBrazil · 167 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 214 mm rain
- Valparaíso de Goiás in MarchBrazil · 174 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 214 mm rain
- São Sebastião (Federal District), Brazil in MarchBrazil · 175 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Santa Maria, Brazil in MarchBrazil · 181 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 214 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 Paracatu) is explained once on the Paracatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.