Barcelos weather in March

In March, Barcelos sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 275 mm of rain across 24.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 3% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Barcelos's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barcelos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
275 mm
24.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:21 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Barcelos is locality in Amazonas, 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 Barcelos reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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 Barcelos

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.

Barcelos weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°20622.312.13.2
Feb31° / 24°19219.6123.3
Mar30° / 24°27524.7123.1
Apr30° / 24°35027.4122.8
May29° / 24°39229.6122.8
Jun29° / 23°28427.811.92.9
Jul30° / 23°21326.711.93.1
Aug31° / 23°15123.4123.1
Sep32° / 24°15621.8123.0
Oct32° / 24°15622.5122.9
Nov31° / 24°17822.4122.9
Dec31° / 24°21125.812.12.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Barcelos gets around 275 mm of rain over 24.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:246:26
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512.06:246:25
612.06:236:24
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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 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Barcelos?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barcelos.

What to pack for Barcelos in March

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

In March, Barcelos sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Barcelos 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 Barcelos peaks around March 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Barcelos 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 Barcelos is worst in March — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1518 µg/m³Jun 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Barcelos?

Barcelos sits at 1.0°S, 62.9°W, 35 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Novo Airão, 287 km away.

Novo AirãoMaraãAlvarãesUariniTeféCodajásAnoriPresidente Figueiredo

Topography around Barcelos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barcelos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m.

The land around Barcelos is covered by trees (66%) and water (21%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
50 m
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March weather nearby: Novo Airão 287 km · Maraã 310 km · Alvarães 325 km · Uarini 330 km · Tefé 333 km · Codajás 333 km · Anori 342 km · Presidente Figueiredo 343 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 Barcelos (-0.9736°, -62.9269°, elevation 35 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).