Belém weather in March

In March, Belém sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 72 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-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 28% 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 Belém's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belém's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
72 mm
17.9 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:30 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
60%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Belém is 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 Belém reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Belém

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.

Belém weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°4713.612.34.4
Feb30° / 23°5714.312.24.1
Mar30° / 23°7217.9124.0
Apr30° / 23°8317.511.94.2
May29° / 22°7415.911.74.9
Jun28° / 21°6414.411.65.7
Jul27° / 20°5812.911.76.2
Aug27° / 20°289.311.86.6
Sep28° / 21°187126.4
Oct30° / 21°155.712.15.9
Nov30° / 22°155.612.35.5
Dec30° / 22°261012.44.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35446
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55446
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75446
85347
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Belém gets around 72 mm of rain over 17.9 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 57% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
252
352
452
552
653
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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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
118820
217830
317830
417830
516840
616840
715850
815850
914860
1014860
1113870
1213870
1313870
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319901

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 5:31 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:315:40
212.15:315:39
312.15:315:39
412.15:315:38
512.15:315:38
612.15:315:38
712.15:315:37
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912.15:315:36
1012.15:315:36
1112.15:315:35
1212.15:315:35
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1412.15:315:34
1512.15:315:34
1612.05:305:33
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1812.05:305:32
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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 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Belém?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Belém for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belém in March

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

In March, Belém sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Belém 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 Belém peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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 12UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Belém?

Belém sits at 6.7°S, 35.5°W, 140 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bananeiras, 13 km away.

Topography around Belém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belém has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m.

The land around Belém is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
262 m
16 km
554 m
80 km
744 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Bananeiras 13 km · Solânea 16 km · Guarabira 19 km · Araçagi 25 km · Nova Cruz 26 km · Araruna 27 km · Cacimba de Dentro 29 km · Areia 35 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 Belém (-6.6917°, -35.5333°, elevation 140 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).