Monteiro weather in March

In March, Monteiro sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 51 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Monteiro's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monteiro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:37 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
60%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Monteiro is capital city of the Monteiro municipality in Paraíba, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Monteiro reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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23221
33221
43221
53221
63221
73221
83221
93221
103221
113221
123221
133221
143221
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223221
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273221
283221
293221
303221
313221

How March really feels in Monteiro

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.

Monteiro weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°395.612.44.2
Feb32° / 21°386.312.34.1
Mar32° / 21°518.512.14.1
Apr31° / 21°52811.84.5
May30° / 20°326.711.65.4
Jun28° / 19°204.711.66.5
Jul28° / 18°123.511.67.2
Aug29° / 18°51.111.76.7
Sep31° / 19°20.5125.7
Oct32° / 20°50.612.24.8
Nov33° / 20°60.712.44.4
Dec33° / 21°111.812.54.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25248
35248
45347
55347
65347
75347
85347
95248
105248
115248
125248
135248
145149
155149
165149
175248
185248
195248
205149
215149
225149
235050
245050
255050
265050
274951
284951
294951
304951
314951

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Monteiro gets around 51 mm of rain over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
121
221
321
421
522
622
723
823
924
1024
1125
1226
1326
1427
1528
1628
1729
1829
1930
2030
2130
2230
2330
2430
2530
2630
2730
2830
2930
3029
3129

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1346491
2346491
3446491
4446491
5445491
6445501
7444511
8444511
9543511
10443521
11442522
12441532
13441532
14440542
15340552
16340543
17239563
18239563
19239563
20239563
21138574
22138574
23138574
24138574
25137584
26137584
27137575
28237565
29237565
30237565
31237565

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
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3012light breeze
3112light breeze

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 5:37 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:375:47
212.25:375:46
312.15:375:46
412.15:375:45
512.15:375:45
612.15:375:45
712.15:375:44
812.15:375:44
912.15:375:43
1012.15:375:43
1112.15:375:42
1212.15:375:42
1312.15:375:41
1412.15:375:41
1512.15:375:40
1612.15:375:40
1712.05:365:39
1812.05:365:39
1912.05:365:38
2012.05:365:38
2112.05:365:37
2212.05:365:37
2312.05:365:36
2412.05:365:36
2512.05:365:35
2612.05:365:34
2712.05:365:34
2812.05:355:33
2912.05:355:33
3011.95:355:32
3111.95:355:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 6.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.4Intense
36.4Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Monteiro?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Monteiro in March

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

In March, Monteiro sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Monteiro 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 Monteiro peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 13UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Monteiro?

Monteiro sits at 7.9°S, 37.1°W, 600 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sertânia, 26 km away.

Topography around Monteiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monteiro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 617 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 894 m.

The land around Monteiro is covered by shrubs (37%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
348 m
80 km
894 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Sertânia 26 km · Sumé 36 km · São José do Egito 49 km · Tabira 57 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 59 km · Arcoverde 59 km · Custódia 62 km · Jataúba 70 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 Monteiro (-7.8894°, -37.12°, elevation 600 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).