Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Rita weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Santa Rita: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is João Pessoa (13 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Santa Rita, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Rita ranks joint 46th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 47th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Santa Rita is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 123 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 Rita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 58 | 17.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 123 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 125 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 112 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 54 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 34 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 33 | 12.1 | 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
- João Pessoa in MarchBrazil · 13 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Goiana in MarchBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Igarassu in MarchBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Carpina in MarchBrazil · 87 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Paulista in MarchBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Campina Grande in MarchBrazil · 100 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Camaragibe in MarchBrazil · 101 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Recife in MarchBrazil · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 78 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 Rita) is explained once on the Santa Rita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.