Climate averages 1991–2020
Viçosa weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd 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 Viçosa: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a 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 Ubá (41 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Viçosa, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Viçosa ranks joint 298th of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 130th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Viçosa is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 60 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
Viçosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 226 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 206 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 244 | 20.0 | 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
- Ubá in MarchBrazil · 41 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Muriaé in MarchBrazil · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in MarchBrazil · 76 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 227 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in MarchBrazil · 95 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in MarchBrazil · 104 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Barbacena in MarchBrazil · 106 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 202 mm rain
- João Monlevade in MarchBrazil · 109 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Itaperuna in MarchBrazil · 115 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 143 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 Viçosa) is explained once on the Viçosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.