Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Sul weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santa Cruz do Sul: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lajeado (53 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz do Sul, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Sul ranks joint 283rd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 82nd of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Santa Cruz do Sul is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 127 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 Sul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 13.814 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 141 | 14.1 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 127 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 9.7 | 10.611 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 154 | 10.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 125 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 161 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 199 | 13.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 135 | 11.6 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 152 | 13.1 | 14.014 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
- Lajeado in MarchBrazil · 53 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in MarchBrazil · 58 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Bento Gonçalves in MarchBrazil · 107 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Guaíba in MarchBrazil · 115 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Farroupilha in MarchBrazil · 118 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 155 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in MarchBrazil · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Canoas in MarchBrazil · 122 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 111 mm rain
- São Leopoldo in MarchBrazil · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 128 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 Sul) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Sul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.