Formosa do Rio Preto weather in March

In March, Formosa do Rio Preto sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 150 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 18% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Formosa do Rio Preto's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Formosa do Rio Preto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
150 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:08 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Formosa do Rio Preto 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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Formosa do Rio Preto reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Formosa do Rio Preto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Formosa do Rio Preto weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°1681712.64.2
Feb30° / 21°13416.212.44.2
Mar30° / 21°15016.412.14.3
Apr30° / 21°729.811.85.0
May30° / 20°202.811.55.7
Jun30° / 19°00.111.46.4
Jul30° / 19°00.111.46.5
Aug32° / 19°00.111.65.6
Sep33° / 21°6111.94.2
Oct33° / 22°555.912.23.6
Nov31° / 22°13912.912.53.9
Dec30° / 21°13814.512.64.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Formosa do Rio Preto gets around 150 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3149

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
177122
287022
386923
486824
596625
696526
796526
896427
986428
1086428
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1276429
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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 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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136calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:076:21
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312.26:076:20
412.26:076:19
512.26:086:19
612.26:086:18
712.26:086:18
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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 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Formosa do Rio Preto

In seasonPeak

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

Formosa do Rio Preto's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Formosa do Rio Preto?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Formosa do Rio Preto for sightseeing.

What to pack for Formosa do Rio Preto in March

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

In March, Formosa do Rio Preto sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Formosa do Rio Preto 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 Formosa do Rio Preto peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 18UV 15Jun 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Formosa do Rio Preto 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 Formosa do Rio Preto is worst in October — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.2× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1224 µg/m³Jul 124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May5Good
Jun4Good
Jul4Good
Aug5Good
Sep21Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Formosa do Rio Preto?

Formosa do Rio Preto sits at 11.0°S, 45.2°W, 495 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Corrente, 67 km away.

Topography around Formosa do Rio Preto

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Formosa do Rio Preto.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Formosa do Rio Preto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 503 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Formosa do Rio Preto is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (37%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
285 m
80 km
473 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Corrente 67 km · Santa Rita de Cássia 74 km · Riachão das Neves 84 km · Barreiras 125 km · Luis Eduardo Magalhães 133 km · São Desidério 148 km · Buritirama 175 km · Dianópolis 189 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 Formosa do Rio Preto (-11.0483°, -45.1931°, elevation 495 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).