Lapão weather in March

In March, Lapão sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 74 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 28% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Lapão's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lapão's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:55 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Lapão is 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 Lapão reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Lapão weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°998.812.65.0
Feb30° / 20°588.212.44.9
Mar30° / 20°748.112.15.1
Apr30° / 20°314.811.85.8
May29° / 19°91.611.56.7
Jun27° / 18°20.611.37.8
Jul27° / 17°20.211.48.1
Aug28° / 17°10.111.67.8
Sep30° / 18°30.411.96.4
Oct31° / 19°212.512.35.3
Nov30° / 20°807.812.54.9
Dec30° / 20°867.912.75.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35347
45347
55248
65248
75149
85149
95149
105050
115050
125050
135050
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155149
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225248
235347
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275446
285446
295545
305545
315644

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Lapão gets around 74 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1526
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1727
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1927
2027
2127
2227
2327
2427
2526
2626
2726
2825
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3024
3124

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 41% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
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411calm
511calm
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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 5:53 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:536:08
212.25:546:07
312.25:546:07
412.25:546:06
512.25:546:06
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812.25:546:04
912.25:546:03
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1912.05:555:57
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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 6.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 6.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
156.0Intense
166.0Intense
176.0Intense
186.0Bright
196.0Bright
205.9Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Lapão?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Lapão for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lapão in March

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

In March, Lapão sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Lapão 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 Lapão peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lapão?

Lapão sits at 11.4°S, 41.8°W, 775 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Irecê, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Lapão

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lapão has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 775 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,238 m.

The land around Lapão is covered by cropland (59%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
236 m
80 km
1,238 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Irecê 9.0 km · São Gabriel 18 km · João Dourado 19 km · Presidente Dutra 19 km · Ibititá 24 km · Canarana 34 km · Ibipeba 35 km · Jussara 41 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 Lapão (-11.3833°, -41.8319°, elevation 775 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).