Amarante do Maranhão weather in March

In March, Amarante do Maranhão sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 215 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Amarante do Maranhão's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amarante do Maranhão's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 215 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:15 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Amarante do Maranhão is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Amarante do Maranhão reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
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17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How March really feels in Amarante do Maranhão

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amarante do Maranhão weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 22°	214	26.4	12.3	3.0
Feb	30° / 22°	208	24	12.2	3.0
Mar	30° / 22°	215	27.2	12	2.9
Apr	30° / 22°	153	21.6	11.9	3.3
May	31° / 22°	77	11.6	11.8	4.3
Jun	32° / 21°	8	2	11.7	5.0
Jul	33° / 21°	5	0.9	11.7	4.8
Aug	34° / 21°	2	0.4	11.8	4.3
Sep	34° / 22°	11	2	12	3.8
Oct	33° / 23°	38	6.1	12.1	3.6
Nov	32° / 23°	91	13.7	12.3	3.5
Dec	31° / 23°	160	20.2	12.3	3.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Amarante do Maranhão gets around 215 mm of rain over 27.2 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	88
25	88
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	85
30	85
31	84

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94
Miserable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:17	6:24
2	12.1	6:17	6:23
3	12.1	6:17	6:23
4	12.1	6:17	6:23
5	12.1	6:17	6:22
6	12.1	6:17	6:22
7	12.1	6:16	6:22
8	12.1	6:16	6:21
9	12.1	6:16	6:21
10	12.1	6:16	6:20
11	12.1	6:16	6:20
12	12.1	6:16	6:20
13	12.1	6:16	6:19
14	12.0	6:16	6:19
15	12.0	6:16	6:18
16	12.0	6:15	6:18
17	12.0	6:15	6:17
18	12.0	6:15	6:17
19	12.0	6:15	6:16
20	12.0	6:15	6:16
21	12.0	6:15	6:15
22	12.0	6:15	6:15
23	12.0	6:14	6:15
24	12.0	6:14	6:14
25	12.0	6:14	6:14
26	12.0	6:14	6:13
27	12.0	6:14	6:13
28	12.0	6:14	6:12
29	12.0	6:13	6:12
30	12.0	6:13	6:11
31	12.0	6:13	6:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.46 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
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10	4.5	Bright
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25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Amarante do Maranhão

In seasonPeak

In March, Amarante do Maranhão sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Amarante do Maranhão's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Amarante do Maranhão?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amarante do Maranhão.

What to pack for Amarante do Maranhão in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Amarante do Maranhão sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Amarante do Maranhão in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amarante do Maranhão peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	16	14	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Amarante do Maranhão in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amarante do Maranhão is worst in October — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.5× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	13	12	11	9	6	9	17	37	41	29	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Amarante do Maranhão?

Amarante do Maranhão sits at 5.6°S, 46.7°W, 247 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sítio Novo, 35 km away.

Topography around Amarante do Maranhão

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amarante do Maranhão.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amarante do Maranhão has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 252 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Amarante do Maranhão is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (47%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

87 m

grassland 63%

16 km

185 m

trees 50%

80 km

456 m

trees 57%

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← February Amarante do Maranhão year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Sítio Novo 35 km · Governador Edison Lobão 72 km · Grajaú 72 km · João Lisboa 74 km · Imperatriz 83 km · Açailândia 109 km · Arame 111 km · Porto Franco 112 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,713; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 482
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amarante do Maranhão (-5.5667°, -46.7422°, elevation 247 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	88
25	88
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	85
30	85
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	88
25	88
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	85
30	85
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	88
25	88
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	85
30	85
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6