Mossoró weather in March

In March, Mossoró sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 127 mm of rain across 18.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 19% 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 Mossoró's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mossoró's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
18.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:38 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
66%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Mossoró 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Mossoró reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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 Mossoró

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.

Mossoró weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°681212.33.0
Feb33° / 24°8313.312.23.1
Mar32° / 24°12718.3123.1
Apr32° / 24°11716.811.93.3
May33° / 24°56911.83.8
Jun32° / 23°295.911.74.2
Jul33° / 22°18311.74.2
Aug34° / 22°30.511.83.7
Sep35° / 23°10.2123.3
Oct35° / 23°20.212.13.1
Nov35° / 24°30.512.23.2
Dec35° / 24°164.212.33.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
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54456
64456
74456
84357
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mossoró gets around 127 mm of rain over 18.3 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 58% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3165

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113798
213798
313798
412808
512808
611818
711818
810828
910819
109829
119829
128839
138839
147849
1578310
1668410
1768410
1868311
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2158312
2258312
2358213
2458114
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2757916
2857916
2957817
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3157817

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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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 5:39 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:395:46
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mossoró

In seasonPeak

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

Mossoró's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Mossoró?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mossoró.

What to pack for Mossoró in March

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

In March, Mossoró sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Mossoró 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 42 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Mossoró 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 Mossoró peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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 15UV 15Jul 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Mossoró?

Mossoró sits at 5.2°S, 37.3°W, 24 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Baraúna, 32 km away.

Topography around Mossoró

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mossoró has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m.

The land around Mossoró is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (57%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%), grassland (21%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
432 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Baraúna 32 km · Areia Branca 34 km · Icapuí 53 km · Jaguaruana 62 km · Açu 65 km · Caraúbas 71 km · Quixeré 72 km · Apodi 73 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 Mossoró (-5.1875°, -37.3442°, elevation 24 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).