Climate averages 1991–2020
São José do Rio Preto weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in São José do Rio Preto: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catanduva (55 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as São José do Rio Preto, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São José do Rio Preto ranks joint 170th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 316th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; São José do Rio Preto is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 184 mm to 70 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 José do Rio Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 271 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 204 | 20.7 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 184 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 70 | 9.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 47 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 26 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| July | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 19 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 30.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 59 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 119 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 172 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 234 | 22.9 | 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
- Catanduva in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Votuporanga in MarchBrazil · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Barretos in MarchBrazil · 89 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Bebedouro in MarchBrazil · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Lins in MarchBrazil · 103 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Fernandópolis in MarchBrazil · 108 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Birigui in MarchBrazil · 112 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Araçatuba in MarchBrazil · 118 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 148 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 José do Rio Preto) is explained once on the São José do Rio Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.