Climate averages 1991–2020
Sobral weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sobral: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianguá (71 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 3.9°C cooler than Sobral, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sobral ranks joint 29th of 448 for the warmest March highs and 295th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Sobral is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 187 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
Sobral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 95 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 124 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 177 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 187 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 82 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| August | 34.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 35.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 35.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.312 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
- Tianguá in MarchBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Itapipoca in MarchBrazil · 88 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 228 mm rain
- Canindé in MarchBrazil · 137 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Crateús in MarchBrazil · 170 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Parnaíba in MarchBrazil · 181 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Maranguape in MarchBrazil · 186 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 181 mm rain
- Caucaia in MarchBrazil · 188 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MarchBrazil · 192 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 181 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 Sobral) is explained once on the Sobral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.