Climate averages 1991–2020
Pelotas weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Pelotas: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Grande (37 km away). In March its highs average 24.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Pelotas, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pelotas ranks joint 421st of 448 for the warmest March highs and 52nd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Pelotas is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 116 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
Pelotas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.6 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 25.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 102 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 116 | 10.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 105 | 9.3 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 111 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 117 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 116 | 9.9 | 11.011 h |
| September | 18.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 141 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 95 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 100 | 9.8 | 14.214 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
- Rio Grande in MarchBrazil · 37 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Bagé in MarchBrazil · 174 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in MarchBrazil · 200 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Guaíba in MarchBrazil · 208 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in MarchBrazil · 220 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Viamão in MarchBrazil · 226 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Sul in MarchBrazil · 228 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Alvorada in MarchBrazil · 231 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 121 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 Pelotas) is explained once on the Pelotas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.