Climate averages 1991–2020
Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th 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 Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very 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 Barra do Piraí (28 km away). In March its highs average 28.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil ranks joint 272nd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 375th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 95 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
Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 302 | 22.3 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 221 | 17.9 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 220 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 54 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 26 | 5.3 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 26 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 137 | 15.6 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 244 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 297 | 23.1 | 13.513 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
- Barra do Piraí in MarchBrazil · 28 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 195 mm rain
- Japeri in MarchBrazil · 44 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Volta Redonda in MarchBrazil · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Três Rios in MarchBrazil · 53 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Queimados in MarchBrazil · 54 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 171 mm rain
- Seropédica in MarchBrazil · 55 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Barra Mansa in MarchBrazil · 59 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 194 mm rain
- Petrópolis in MarchBrazil · 61 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 244 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 Valença) is explained once on the Valença (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.