Parelhas weather in March

In March, Parelhas sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 87 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°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 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Parelhas's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parelhas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:35 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover
61%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Parelhas 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 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Parelhas reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°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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How March really feels in Parelhas

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.

Parelhas weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°486.112.33.5
Feb33° / 23°517.912.23.4
Mar33° / 23°8711.1123.4
Apr32° / 22°719.211.93.9
May32° / 22°315.711.74.6
Jun30° / 21°18311.65.6
Jul30° / 20°122.111.75.9
Aug31° / 20°50.411.85.6
Sep33° / 20°10.2124.7
Oct34° / 21°30.312.14.0
Nov34° / 22°20.312.33.6
Dec34° / 22°101.912.43.5

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 26% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25248
35248
45248
55248
65248
75248
85248
95248
105248
115248
125149
135248
145248
155149
165248
175248
185149
195149
205149
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225050
234951
244951
254951
265050
274951
284951
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304951
315050

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Parelhas gets around 87 mm of rain over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
327
427
527
627
728
828
929
1029
1130
1231
1332
1432
1533
1634
1735
1837
1938
2039
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2742
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3042
3142

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1216019
2216118
3216118
4206218
5206218
6196318
7186418
8186319
9176419
10166420
11156421
12156421
13146422
14136423
15136324
16126325
17126226
18116227
19116128
20106129
21106030
22105931
2395932
2495833
2595734
2695734
2795635
2895536
2995536
3095437
31105337

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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614light breeze
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814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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3113light breeze

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 5:36 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:365:44
212.15:365:44
312.15:365:43
412.15:365:43
512.15:365:43
612.15:365:42
712.15:365:42
812.15:365:41
912.15:355:41
1012.15:355:40
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1912.05:355:36
2012.05:345:36
2112.05:345:35
2212.05:345:35
2312.05:345:34
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2512.05:345:33
2612.05:345:33
2712.05:345:32
2812.05:335:32
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3112.05:335:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 6.11 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
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.2Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Parelhas?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Parelhas. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Parelhas in March

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

In March, Parelhas sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Parelhas 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 Parelhas peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 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 12UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Parelhas in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Parelhas is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateOct 1421 µg/m³Jul 95 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul5Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Parelhas?

Parelhas sits at 6.7°S, 36.7°W, 274 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Picuí, 40 km away.

Topography around Parelhas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parelhas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m around an average of 306 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m.

The land around Parelhas is covered by shrubs (60%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) within 16 km, and shrubs (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
347 m
16 km
580 m
80 km
917 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Picuí 40 km · Currais Novos 50 km · Caicó 55 km · Cuité 60 km · Lagoa Nova 69 km · Patos 78 km · Pocinhos 79 km · Jucurutu 83 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 Parelhas (-6.6878°, -36.6575°, elevation 274 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).