Climate averages 1991–2020
Passos weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Passos: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 São Sebastião do Paraíso (45 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Passos, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Passos ranks joint 272nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 189th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Passos is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 54 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
Passos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 243 | 22.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 166 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 146 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 54 | 9.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 4.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| July | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 58 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 94 | 13.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 168 | 19.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 236 | 23.6 | 13.413 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
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in MarchBrazil · 45 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 190 mm rain
- Franca in MarchBrazil · 85 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Alfenas in MarchBrazil · 105 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 141 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in MarchBrazil · 119 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Araxá in MarchBrazil · 130 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Ribeirão Preto in MarchBrazil · 135 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 158 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in MarchBrazil · 140 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Sertãozinho in MarchBrazil · 151 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 143 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 Passos) is explained once on the Passos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.