Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Salvador: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 182nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 39th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Salvador is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 158 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in MarchBrazil · 20 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Simões Filho in MarchBrazil · 23 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Candeias in MarchBrazil · 35 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in MarchBrazil · 46 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in MarchBrazil · 77 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in MarchBrazil · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in MarchBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in MarchBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.