Climate averages 1991–2020
Patos weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Patos: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Serra Talhada (155 km away). In March its highs average 31.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Patos, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Patos ranks 1st of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 67th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Patos is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 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
Patos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 7.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 33.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 65 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 33.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 111 | 11.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.9 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 35.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 13 | 1.8 | 12.513 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
- Serra Talhada in MarchBrazil · 155 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MarchBrazil · 156 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MarchBrazil · 157 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in MarchBrazil · 158 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MarchBrazil · 174 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Caruaru in MarchBrazil · 201 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Mossoró in MarchBrazil · 204 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 224 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 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 Patos) is explained once on the Patos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.