Barbalha weather in March

In March, Barbalha sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 152 mm of rain across 18 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 25% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Barbalha's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barbalha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
152 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:45 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
62%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Barbalha is human settlement in Brazil.

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

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 Barbalha 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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Barbalha

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Barbalha weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°11314.112.43.9
Feb31° / 22°1211412.24.1
Mar30° / 22°15218124.1
Apr30° / 22°9212.911.84.6
May30° / 21°376.711.75.5
Jun29° / 20°122.811.66.3
Jul29° / 19°61.411.66.4
Aug31° / 19°30.611.85.9
Sep33° / 21°20.4124.8
Oct34° / 22°81.512.23.9
Nov34° / 23°152.612.33.8
Dec33° / 23°335.312.43.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34951
44951
54951
65050
75050
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95050
105050
114951
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204654
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Barbalha gets around 152 mm of rain over 18 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 57% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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750
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951
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1963
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3060
3159

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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57calm
67calm
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106calm
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126calm
136calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:465:55
212.15:465:55
312.15:465:54
412.15:465:54
512.15:465:53
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Barbalha

In seasonPeak

In March, Barbalha sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Barbalha's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Barbalha?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Barbalha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Barbalha in March

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

In March, Barbalha sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barbalha in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barbalha peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Barbalha?

Barbalha sits at 7.3°S, 39.3°W, 422 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Juazeiro do Norte, 11 km away.

Topography around Barbalha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barbalha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 430 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 778 m.

The land around Barbalha is covered by grassland (40%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (23%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (56%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
622 m
80 km
778 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Juazeiro do Norte 11 km · Crato 14 km · Missão Velha 19 km · Caririaçu 30 km · Jardim 30 km · Porteiras 32 km · Milagres 40 km · Brejo Santo 40 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
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Barbalha (-7.3111°, -39.3042°, elevation 422 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).