Barra do Choça weather in March

In March, Barra do Choça sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 129 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Barra do Choça's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barra do Choça's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 129 mm; 15.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:49 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

← February Barra do Choça year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Barra do Choça reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Barra do Choça weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 19°	110	13.2	12.8	5.1
Feb	29° / 19°	74	12.6	12.5	5.0
Mar	29° / 19°	129	15.6	12.1	5.0
Apr	27° / 19°	80	14.9	11.7	5.6
May	25° / 17°	58	13.3	11.3	6.2
Jun	24° / 16°	53	13.1	11.1	6.4
Jul	23° / 15°	55	14	11.2	6.3
Aug	24° / 15°	45	12.4	11.5	6.5
Sep	26° / 16°	41	10	11.9	6.7
Oct	27° / 17°	74	10.7	12.3	6.4
Nov	27° / 19°	151	14.7	12.7	5.5
Dec	28° / 19°	139	13.4	12.9	5.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	43	42	43	43	42	41	42	42	43	42	42	42	43	43	42	43	43	44	44	46	46	46	46	45
Cloudier (%)	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	58	57	57	58	59	58	58	57	58	58	58	57	57	58	57	57	56	56	54	54	54	54	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Barra do Choça gets around 129 mm of rain over 15.6 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 49% and peaks near 52% 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 (%)	45	45	46	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	49
30	49
31	49

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% 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
Humid (%)	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13
Muggy (%)	78	76	76	75	74	75	74	74	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	81	81	80	79
Oppressive (%)	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	78	7
2	16	76	8
3	16	76	8
4	16	75	9
5	16	74	10
6	15	75	10
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	73	12
10	14	74	12
11	14	74	12
12	13	75	12
13	13	75	12
14	12	76	12
15	12	76	12
16	12	76	12
17	11	78	11
18	11	78	11
19	11	79	10
20	11	79	10
21	10	80	10
22	10	81	9
23	10	81	9
24	10	81	9
25	10	82	8
26	10	82	8
27	10	82	8
28	11	81	8
29	11	81	8
30	12	80	8
31	13	79	8

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
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4	7	calm
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11	7	calm
12	7	calm
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16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
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22	7	calm
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24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:44 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:46	6:05
2	12.3	5:46	6:04
3	12.3	5:47	6:04
4	12.3	5:47	6:03
5	12.3	5:47	6:03
6	12.2	5:47	6:02
7	12.2	5:47	6:01
8	12.2	5:48	6:01
9	12.2	5:48	6:00
10	12.2	5:48	5:59
11	12.2	5:48	5:59
12	12.2	5:48	5:58
13	12.1	5:48	5:57
14	12.1	5:49	5:56
15	12.1	5:49	5:56
16	12.1	5:49	5:55
17	12.1	5:49	5:54
18	12.1	5:49	5:54
19	12.1	5:49	5:53
20	12.0	5:49	5:52
21	12.0	5:50	5:51
22	12.0	5:50	5:51
23	12.0	5:50	5:50
24	12.0	5:50	5:49
25	12.0	5:50	5:48
26	12.0	5:50	5:48
27	11.9	5:50	5:47
28	11.9	5:50	5:46
29	11.9	5:50	5:45
30	11.9	5:51	5:45
31	11.9	5:51	5:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Barra do Choça?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Barra do Choça for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Barra do Choça in March

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

In March, Barra do Choça sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barra do Choça 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 Barra do Choça peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

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	16	15	12	9	8	8	10	11	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Barra do Choça?

Barra do Choça sits at 14.9°S, 40.6°W, 894 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Planalto, 26 km away.

Topography around Barra do Choça

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barra do Choça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 892 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 669 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 976 m.

The land around Barra do Choça is covered by grassland (68%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

192 m

grassland 68%

16 km

669 m

grassland 58%

80 km

976 m

grassland 62%

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← February Barra do Choça year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Planalto 26 km · Vitória da Conquista 28 km · Itambé 41 km · Poções 45 km · Itapetinga 54 km · Iguaí 54 km · Itororó 61 km · Anagé 67 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 Barra do Choça (-14.8811°, -40.5794°, elevation 894 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	78	7
2	16	76	8
3	16	76	8
4	16	75	9
5	16	74	10
6	15	75	10
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	73	12
10	14	74	12
11	14	74	12
12	13	75	12
13	13	75	12
14	12	76	12
15	12	76	12
16	12	76	12
17	11	78	11
18	11	78	11
19	11	79	10
20	11	79	10
21	10	80	10
22	10	81	9
23	10	81	9
24	10	81	9
25	10	82	8
26	10	82	8
27	10	82	8
28	11	81	8
29	11	81	8
30	12	80	8
31	13	79	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	78	7
2	16	76	8
3	16	76	8
4	16	75	9
5	16	74	10
6	15	75	10
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	73	12
10	14	74	12
11	14	74	12
12	13	75	12
13	13	75	12
14	12	76	12
15	12	76	12
16	12	76	12
17	11	78	11
18	11	78	11
19	11	79	10
20	11	79	10
21	10	80	10
22	10	81	9
23	10	81	9
24	10	81	9
25	10	82	8
26	10	82	8
27	10	82	8
28	11	81	8
29	11	81	8
30	12	80	8
31	13	79	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	46
4	46
5	46
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	49
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	51
18	51
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	52
23	51
24	51
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	15	78	7
2	16	76	8
3	16	76	8
4	16	75	9
5	16	74	10
6	15	75	10
7	15	74	11
8	15	74	11
9	15	73	12
10	14	74	12
11	14	74	12
12	13	75	12
13	13	75	12
14	12	76	12
15	12	76	12
16	12	76	12
17	11	78	11
18	11	78	11
19	11	79	10
20	11	79	10
21	10	80	10
22	10	81	9
23	10	81	9
24	10	81	9
25	10	82	8
26	10	82	8
27	10	82	8
28	11	81	8
29	11	81	8
30	12	80	8
31	13	79	8