Maracanaú weather in March

In March, Maracanaú sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 181 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 13% 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 Maracanaú's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracanaú's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
181 mm
24.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:43 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Maracanaú 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 Maracanaú reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°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 Maracanaú

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.

Maracanaú weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°9917.112.23.7
Feb30° / 24°12819.412.13.5
Mar30° / 23°18124.6123.3
Apr30° / 23°20624.511.93.4
May30° / 23°10017.611.84.2
Jun30° / 23°4610.811.85.1
Jul31° / 22°245.811.85.4
Aug32° / 23°51.411.95.2
Sep32° / 23°30.6125.0
Oct32° / 24°51.512.14.8
Nov32° / 24°72.212.24.7
Dec32° / 24°27812.24.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Maracanaú gets around 181 mm of rain over 24.6 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 80% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 89% 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 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 5:45 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:455:50
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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 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.04 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 Maracanaú

In seasonPeak

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

Maracanaú's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Maracanaú?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maracanaú.

What to pack for Maracanaú in March

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

In March, Maracanaú sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Maracanaú 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 28 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Maracanaú 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 Maracanaú peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 16UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maracanaú?

Maracanaú sits at 3.9°S, 38.6°W, 54 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Maranguape, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Maracanaú

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracanaú has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 942 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,081 m.

The land around Maracanaú is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (42%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and water (31%), shrubs (23%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
942 m
80 km
1,081 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Maranguape 7.0 km · Pacatuba 12 km · Itaitinga 15 km · Caucaia 16 km · Guaiúba 18 km · Eusébio 19 km · Fortaleza 20 km · Aquiraz 26 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 Maracanaú (-3.8767°, -38.6256°, elevation 54 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).