Cruz do Espírito Santo weather in March

In March, Cruz do Espírito Santo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 89 mm of rain across 19.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-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 33% 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 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Cruz do Espírito Santo's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cruz do Espírito Santo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
19.9 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:29 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
57%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

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 Cruz do Espírito Santo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°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 on par with April.

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How March really feels in Cruz do Espírito Santo

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.

Cruz do Espírito Santo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°521612.44.3
Feb30° / 24°6516.212.24.1
Mar30° / 24°8919.9123.9
Apr30° / 24°10821.111.83.9
May29° / 23°10821.511.74.3
Jun28° / 23°10620.411.64.9
Jul27° / 22°9819.911.65.2
Aug27° / 22°5016.211.85.7
Sep28° / 22°3213.3125.9
Oct29° / 23°229.412.25.7
Nov30° / 23°218.812.35.4
Dec30° / 24°2910.612.45.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35941
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55941
65842
75743
85743
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105644
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Cruz do Espírito Santo gets around 89 mm of rain over 19.9 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 64% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
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3172

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 11 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 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:295:38
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312.15:295:37
412.15:295:37
512.15:295:36
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Cruz do Espírito Santo

In seasonPeak

In March, Cruz do Espírito Santo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cruz do Espírito Santo's rainy season runs January–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Cruz do Espírito Santo?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cruz do Espírito Santo.

What to pack for Cruz do Espírito Santo in March

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

In March, Cruz do Espírito Santo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Cruz do Espírito Santo in March

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Cruz do Espírito Santo 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 Cruz do Espírito Santo peaks around March 11 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 11UV 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 Cruz do Espírito Santo?

Cruz do Espírito Santo sits at 7.1°S, 35.1°W, 19 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Rita, 12 km away.

Topography around Cruz do Espírito Santo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cruz do Espírito Santo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cruz do Espírito Santo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Cruz do Espírito Santo is covered by grassland (57%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), cropland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
711 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
March weather nearby: Santa Rita 12 km · Sapé 17 km · Bayeux 17 km · Conde 24 km · João Pessoa 25 km · Mari 27 km · Pedras de Fogo 29 km · Itambé 30 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 Cruz do Espírito Santo (-7.14°, -35.0864°, elevation 19 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).