Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Maria weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santa Maria: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cachoeira do Sul (96 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Santa Maria, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Maria ranks joint 298th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 97th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Santa Maria is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 144 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 Maria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 159 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 146 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 124 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 144 | 10.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 137 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| July | 17.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 149 | 10.2 | 10.410 h |
| August | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 122 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 157 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 208 | 12.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 158 | 11.8 | 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
- Cachoeira do Sul in MarchBrazil · 96 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Sul in MarchBrazil · 133 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Ijuí in MarchBrazil · 145 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 136 mm rain
- Santo Ângelo in MarchBrazil · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Lajeado in MarchBrazil · 180 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Bagé in MarchBrazil · 185 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Alegrete in MarchBrazil · 192 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Passo Fundo in MarchBrazil · 209 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 145 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 Maria) is explained once on the Santa Maria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.