Caratinga weather in March

In March, Caratinga sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 129 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 17% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Caratinga's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caratinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
129 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:54 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
67%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Caratinga 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 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Caratinga reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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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Caratinga weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°17415.813.14.3
Feb30° / 21°9912.712.74.4
Mar29° / 20°12915.912.14.5
Apr28° / 19°6811.711.65.8
May26° / 17°275.711.17.3
Jun25° / 15°122.710.88.0
Jul25° / 15°102.710.98.1
Aug26° / 15°103.211.37.8
Sep28° / 17°366.211.96.9
Oct28° / 19°8510.412.55.5
Nov28° / 20°17316.912.94.9
Dec29° / 21°22219.813.24.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
34060
43961
53961
63961
73862
83862
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103862
113961
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294456
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314555

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Caratinga gets around 129 mm of rain over 15.9 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 51% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
253
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454
554
654
755
855
955
1054
1154
1254
1353
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1553
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1752
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1951
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2150
2249
2348
2448
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2647
2746
2846
2946
3045
3145

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1097417
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4097318
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250137413
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270147412
280147412
291157212
301157311
311167211

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:497:15
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312.46:507:13
412.46:507:12
512.36:517:11
612.36:517:11
712.36:517:10
812.36:527:09
912.36:527:08
1012.36:527:07
1112.26:537:07
1212.26:537:06
1312.26:537:05
1412.26:537:04
1512.26:547:03
1612.16:547:02
1712.16:547:02
1812.16:557:01
1912.16:557:00
2012.16:556:59
2112.06:556:58
2212.06:566:57
2312.06:566:56
2412.06:566:55
2512.06:566:54
2611.96:576:54
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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145.4Bright
155.4Bright
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185.3Bright
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215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Caratinga

In seasonPeak

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

Caratinga's monsoon runs March–March, 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 Caratinga?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Caratinga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Caratinga in March

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

In March, Caratinga sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Caratinga in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caratinga peaks around February 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeFeb 12UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Caratinga?

Caratinga sits at 19.8°S, 42.1°W, 586 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Inhapim, 27 km away.

Topography around Caratinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caratinga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 547 m around an average of 714 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 849 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,697 m.

The land around Caratinga is covered by grassland (47%), trees (31%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
547 m
16 km
849 m
80 km
2,697 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Inhapim 27 km · Simonésia 40 km · Ipanema 45 km · Raul Soares 48 km · Ipaba 51 km · Manhuaçu 53 km · Ipatinga 55 km · Timóteo 58 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 Caratinga (-19.7897°, -42.1392°, elevation 586 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).