Climate averages 1991–2020
São Cristóvão weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in São Cristóvão: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aracaju (19 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as São Cristóvão, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São Cristóvão ranks joint 111th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; São Cristóvão is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 112 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 Cristóvão climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 56 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 64 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 112 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 157 | 22.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 148 | 24.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 125 | 23.9 | 11.512 h |
| August | 25.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 98 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 26.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 64 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 52 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 41 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 33 | 10.1 | 12.813 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
- Aracaju in MarchBrazil · 19 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Itabaiana in MarchBrazil · 44 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Lagarto in MarchBrazil · 50 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Arapiraca in MarchBrazil · 152 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in MarchBrazil · 182 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Serrinha in MarchBrazil · 209 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Paulo Afonso in MarchBrazil · 210 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in MarchBrazil · 214 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 106 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 Cristóvão) is explained once on the São Cristóvão year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.