Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulo Afonso weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Paulo Afonso: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 (158 km away). In March its highs average 31.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Paulo Afonso, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulo Afonso ranks joint 2nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Paulo Afonso is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 29 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
Paulo Afonso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 38 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 35 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 33.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 39 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 29 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 8.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 21 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 28.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 18 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.713 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 · 158 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Itabaiana in MarchBrazil · 166 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MarchBrazil · 168 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Arapiraca in MarchBrazil · 175 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Lagarto in MarchBrazil · 179 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 197 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Aracaju in MarchBrazil · 209 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 77 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in MarchBrazil · 210 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 71 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 Paulo Afonso) is explained once on the Paulo Afonso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.