Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulista weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Paulista: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igarassu (12 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Paulista, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulista ranks joint 63rd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 31st of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Paulista is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 124 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
Paulista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 15.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 124 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 23.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 162 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 143 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 31 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 9.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 10.7 | 12.613 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
- Igarassu in MarchBrazil · 12 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Recife in MarchBrazil · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MarchBrazil · 15 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in MarchBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in MarchBrazil · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 43 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Goiana in MarchBrazil · 45 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MarchBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 73 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 Paulista) is explained once on the Paulista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.