Cantanhede weather in March

In March, Cantanhede sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 355 mm of rain across 28.7 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 31°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 Cantanhede's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cantanhede's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 355 mm; 28.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:06 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Cantanhede reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 33°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
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28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

How March really feels in Cantanhede

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.

Cantanhede 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	32° / 24°	266	24	12.2	2.6
Feb	31° / 24°	291	24.6	12.1	2.5
Mar	31° / 24°	355	28.7	12	2.4
Apr	31° / 24°	333	27.5	11.9	2.5
May	31° / 24°	166	20.3	11.8	3.3
Jun	32° / 23°	52	9.9	11.8	4.3
Jul	32° / 23°	28	5.7	11.8	4.5
Aug	34° / 23°	7	1.8	11.9	4.1
Sep	35° / 24°	7	1.2	12	3.4
Oct	35° / 25°	16	3.4	12.1	2.9
Nov	35° / 25°	46	6.7	12.2	2.8
Dec	34° / 25°	106	13.8	12.2	2.7

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 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	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 (%)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Cloudier (%)	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cantanhede gets around 355 mm of rain over 28.7 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 92% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	91
14	91
15	92
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17	93
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21	95
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30	97
31	97

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 52% 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 (%)	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	45
Miserable (%)	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	55

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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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 6:08 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:02 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	12.0	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:08	6:13
2	12.1	6:08	6:13
3	12.1	6:08	6:12
4	12.1	6:08	6:12
5	12.1	6:08	6:12
6	12.1	6:08	6:11
7	12.1	6:08	6:11
8	12.1	6:08	6:11
9	12.0	6:08	6:10
10	12.0	6:07	6:10
11	12.0	6:07	6:10
12	12.0	6:07	6:09
13	12.0	6:07	6:09
14	12.0	6:07	6:09
15	12.0	6:07	6:08
16	12.0	6:06	6:08
17	12.0	6:06	6:08
18	12.0	6:06	6:07
19	12.0	6:06	6:07
20	12.0	6:06	6:06
21	12.0	6:05	6:06
22	12.0	6:05	6:05
23	12.0	6:05	6:05
24	12.0	6:05	6:05
25	12.0	6:05	6:04
26	12.0	6:04	6:04
27	12.0	6:04	6:03
28	12.0	6:04	6:03
29	12.0	6:04	6:03
30	12.0	6:03	6:02
31	12.0	6:03	6:02

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.5 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	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	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
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17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Cantanhede

In seasonPeak

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

Cantanhede's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Cantanhede?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cantanhede.

What to pack for Cantanhede in March

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

In March, Cantanhede sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cantanhede 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 Cantanhede peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 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)	13	14	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Cantanhede 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 Cantanhede is worst in October — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (June, 8 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)	14	16	15	13	10	8	9	12	16	25	23	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cantanhede?

Cantanhede sits at 3.6°S, 44.4°W, 25 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Matões do Norte, 20 km away.

Topography around Cantanhede

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cantanhede has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m.

The land around Cantanhede is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

45 m

trees 51%

16 km

84 m

trees 61%

80 km

148 m

trees 51%

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← February Cantanhede year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Matões do Norte 20 km · Pirapemas 20 km · Miranda do Norte 24 km · Itapecuru Mirim 27 km · São Mateus do Maranhão 47 km · Arari 49 km · Anajatuba 49 km · Vargem Grande 52 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 Cantanhede (-3.6333°, -44.3767°, elevation 25 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	91
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	91
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	91
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	94
19	94
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	96
24	96
25	96
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55
31	45	55