Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Araripina (120 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 2.3°C cooler than Picos, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks joint 20th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 212th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Picos is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 88 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
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 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
- Araripina in MarchBrazil · 120 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Crato in MarchBrazil · 228 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Crateús in MarchBrazil · 229 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in MarchBrazil · 238 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Casa Nova in MarchBrazil · 239 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Iguatu in MarchBrazil · 252 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Teresina in MarchBrazil · 266 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 328 mm rain
- Petrolina in MarchBrazil · 279 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 79 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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.