Chapada dos Guimarães weather in March

In March, Chapada dos Guimarães sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 228 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 10% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Chapada dos Guimarães's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chapada dos Guimarães's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
228 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:49 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Chapada dos Guimarães 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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Chapada dos Guimarães reaches about 31°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 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13123
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How March really feels in Chapada dos Guimarães

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.

Chapada dos Guimarães weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°26626.312.82.9
Feb30° / 23°23624.712.52.8
Mar31° / 23°22825.912.12.9
Apr31° / 22°11315.811.74.0
May30° / 20°315.711.35.6
Jun30° / 19°111.411.16.4
Jul30° / 18°60.811.26.5
Aug32° / 19°10211.55.0
Sep33° / 21°437.611.93.7
Oct32° / 23°13118.112.43.1
Nov31° / 23°17921.512.73.1
Dec31° / 23°22525.112.93.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32674
42674
52674
62773
72773
82773
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112773
122674
132674
142575
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212476
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313565

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Chapada dos Guimarães gets around 228 mm of rain over 25.9 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 84% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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284
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583
683
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984
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1385
1486
1586
1687
1787
1887
1987
2087
2186
2286
2385
2484
2583
2683
2782
2881
2980
3078
3177

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13952
23952
33952
43952
53952
63952
73952
83952
93952
102953
112953
122953
132953
141963
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201954
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242944
252944
262944
273943
283943
293943
304933
314933

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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315calm

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 6:46 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:467:06
212.36:477:05
312.36:477:05
412.36:477:04
512.36:477:04
612.36:487:03
712.26:487:02
812.26:487:02
912.26:487:01
1012.26:487:00
1112.26:496:59
1212.26:496:59
1312.26:496:58
1412.16:496:57
1512.16:496:57
1612.16:496:56
1712.16:506:55
1812.16:506:54
1912.16:506:54
2012.06:506:53
2112.06:506:52
2212.06:506:51
2312.06:506:51
2412.06:516:50
2512.06:516:49
2612.06:516:48
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.3Bright
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275.0Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Chapada dos Guimarães

In seasonPeak

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

Chapada dos Guimarães's monsoon runs October–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 Chapada dos Guimarães?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chapada dos Guimarães.

What to pack for Chapada dos Guimarães in March

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

In March, Chapada dos Guimarães sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Chapada dos Guimarães 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 Chapada dos Guimarães is worst in September — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.6× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1561 µg/m³Jun 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug26Moderate
Sep67Unhealthy
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chapada dos Guimarães?

Chapada dos Guimarães sits at 15.5°S, 55.7°W, 827 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cuiabá, 40 km away.

Topography around Chapada dos Guimarães

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chapada dos Guimarães has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 777 m.

The land around Chapada dos Guimarães is covered by trees (56%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
492 m
16 km
681 m
80 km
777 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Cuiabá 40 km · Várzea Grande 46 km · Santo Antônio do Leverger 57 km · Campo Verde 63 km · Lucas 99 km · Rosário Oeste 101 km · Jaciara 101 km · Nobres 103 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 Chapada dos Guimarães (-15.4606°, -55.7497°, elevation 827 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).