Climate averages 1991–2020
São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 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 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tubarão (32 km away). In March its highs average 27.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil ranks joint 364th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 337th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 120 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 (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 314 | 22.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 282 | 21.5 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 198 | 20.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 120 | 13.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 133 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 98 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 141 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 166 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 193 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 19.4 | 13.914 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
- Tubarão in MarchBrazil · 32 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Criciúma in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Palhoça in MarchBrazil · 80 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 157 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in MarchBrazil · 85 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Araranguá in MarchBrazil · 87 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Florianópolis in MarchBrazil · 91 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Rio do Sul in MarchBrazil · 121 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Lages in MarchBrazil · 122 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 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) is explained once on the São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.