Madalena weather in March

In March, Madalena sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 147 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-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 11% 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 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Madalena's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madalena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 147 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:47 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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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 Madalena reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 about 1°C cooler than February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How March really feels in Madalena

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Madalena weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 23°	95	14.8	12.3	3.5
Feb	31° / 22°	97	16.5	12.2	3.6
Mar	30° / 22°	147	21.2	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 22°	143	21.4	11.9	3.7
May	30° / 22°	76	15.1	11.8	4.6
Jun	30° / 21°	36	9.4	11.7	5.3
Jul	30° / 21°	20	4.8	11.7	5.6
Aug	32° / 21°	8	1.7	11.8	5.2
Sep	33° / 22°	2	0.4	12	4.6
Oct	34° / 22°	5	0.8	12.1	4.0
Nov	34° / 23°	5	1.1	12.2	3.9
Dec	33° / 23°	19	4.5	12.3	3.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	35	35	35	35	36	35	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	35	34	34	33	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26
Cloudier (%)	66	65	65	65	65	64	65	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	65	66	66	67	69	70	71	72	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Madalena gets around 147 mm of rain over 21.2 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	63
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	68
16	69
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	75
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	77

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	10
Oppressive (%)	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	78	79	80	80	81	82	84	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	32	66
2	2	32	66
3	2	31	67
4	2	31	67
5	2	30	68
6	2	29	69
7	2	29	69
8	2	28	70
9	2	27	71
10	2	26	72
11	2	25	73
12	2	25	73
13	2	24	74
14	2	23	75
15	2	22	76
16	1	21	78
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	19	80
20	1	18	81
21	1	17	82
22	0	16	84
23	0	15	85
24	0	15	85
25	0	14	86
26	0	13	87
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
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5	10	calm
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17	10	calm
18	9	calm
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:49	5:55
2	12.1	5:48	5:54
3	12.1	5:48	5:54
4	12.1	5:48	5:54
5	12.1	5:48	5:53
6	12.1	5:48	5:53
7	12.1	5:48	5:53
8	12.1	5:48	5:52
9	12.1	5:48	5:52
10	12.1	5:48	5:51
11	12.1	5:48	5:51
12	12.1	5:48	5:51
13	12.0	5:47	5:50
14	12.0	5:47	5:50
15	12.0	5:47	5:49
16	12.0	5:47	5:49
17	12.0	5:47	5:49
18	12.0	5:47	5:48
19	12.0	5:46	5:48
20	12.0	5:46	5:47
21	12.0	5:46	5:47
22	12.0	5:46	5:46
23	12.0	5:46	5:46
24	12.0	5:46	5:45
25	12.0	5:45	5:45
26	12.0	5:45	5:45
27	12.0	5:45	5:44
28	12.0	5:45	5:44
29	12.0	5:45	5:43
30	12.0	5:45	5:43
31	12.0	5:44	5:42

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Madalena

In seasonPeak

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

Madalena's rainy season runs January–May, 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 Madalena?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madalena.

What to pack for Madalena in March

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

In March, Madalena sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Madalena in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madalena peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	16	14	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Madalena?

Madalena sits at 4.9°S, 39.6°W, 297 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Boa Viagem, 35 km away.

Topography around Madalena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madalena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,019 m.

The land around Madalena is covered by grassland (51%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 51%

16 km

348 m

shrubs 76%

80 km

1,019 m

shrubs 75%

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← February Madalena year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Boa Viagem 35 km · Itatira 37 km · Quixeramobim 49 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 54 km · Canindé 63 km · Quixadá 63 km · Pedra Branca 68 km · Itapiúna 80 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

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 Madalena (-4.8572°, -39.5767°, elevation 297 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	63
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	68
16	69
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	75
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	77

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	32	66
2	2	32	66
3	2	31	67
4	2	31	67
5	2	30	68
6	2	29	69
7	2	29	69
8	2	28	70
9	2	27	71
10	2	26	72
11	2	25	73
12	2	25	73
13	2	24	74
14	2	23	75
15	2	22	76
16	1	21	78
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	19	80
20	1	18	81
21	1	17	82
22	0	16	84
23	0	15	85
24	0	15	85
25	0	14	86
26	0	13	87
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	63
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	68
16	69
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	75
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	77

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	32	66
2	2	32	66
3	2	31	67
4	2	31	67
5	2	30	68
6	2	29	69
7	2	29	69
8	2	28	70
9	2	27	71
10	2	26	72
11	2	25	73
12	2	25	73
13	2	24	74
14	2	23	75
15	2	22	76
16	1	21	78
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	19	80
20	1	18	81
21	1	17	82
22	0	16	84
23	0	15	85
24	0	15	85
25	0	14	86
26	0	13	87
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	63
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	66
13	66
14	67
15	68
16	69
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	74
24	75
25	75
26	76
27	76
28	77
29	77
30	77
31	77

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	32	66
2	2	32	66
3	2	31	67
4	2	31	67
5	2	30	68
6	2	29	69
7	2	29	69
8	2	28	70
9	2	27	71
10	2	26	72
11	2	25	73
12	2	25	73
13	2	24	74
14	2	23	75
15	2	22	76
16	1	21	78
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	19	80
20	1	18	81
21	1	17	82
22	0	16	84
23	0	15	85
24	0	15	85
25	0	14	86
26	0	13	87
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90