Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Caruaru (44 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 17th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 41 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 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
- Caruaru in MarchBrazil · 44 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in MarchBrazil · 48 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Gravatá in MarchBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MarchBrazil · 88 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in MarchBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Arcoverde in MarchBrazil · 107 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Garanhuns in MarchBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 60 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.