Climate averages 1991–2020
São Carlos weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in São Carlos: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araraquara (38 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than São Carlos, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Carlos ranks joint 345th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 224th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; São Carlos is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 63 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
São Carlos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 260 | 23.1 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 180 | 19.3 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 152 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 54 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 25 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 114 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 165 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 213 | 22.8 | 13.413 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
- Araraquara in MarchBrazil · 38 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Pirassununga in MarchBrazil · 48 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Leme in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Rio Claro in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Araras in MarchBrazil · 64 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Matão in MarchBrazil · 67 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Jaú in MarchBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Limeira in MarchBrazil · 79 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 173 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 São Carlos) is explained once on the São Carlos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.