Patos de Minas weather in March

In March, Patos de Minas sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 172 mm of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Patos de Minas's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patos de Minas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 172 mm; 20.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 7:12 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Patos de Minas is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Patos de Minas reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Patos de Minas weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	230	21	13	4.6
Feb	28° / 19°	161	17	12.6	4.9
Mar	28° / 19°	172	20.4	12.1	4.8
Apr	27° / 18°	65	10.3	11.6	6.4
May	26° / 15°	23	4.4	11.1	7.7
Jun	25° / 14°	9	1.3	10.9	8.5
Jul	26° / 14°	4	0.6	11	8.7
Aug	27° / 15°	7	1.5	11.4	8.2
Sep	29° / 17°	35	5.7	11.9	6.2
Oct	29° / 19°	91	12.1	12.4	5.1
Nov	28° / 19°	205	21.3	12.9	4.5
Dec	27° / 19°	253	23.6	13.1	4.3

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 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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	34	34	34	36	36	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	36	36	38	38	38	39	39	41	42
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	66	64	64	63	63	64	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	64	64	62	62	62	61	61	59	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	41	59
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Patos de Minas gets around 172 mm of rain over 20.4 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 65% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	67	65	63	62	60	58	56	55	53	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	65
24	63
25	62
26	60
27	58
28	56
29	55
30	53
31	52

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% 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
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Muggy (%)	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	67	66	65	64	63

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	24	74
2	2	23	75
3	2	23	75
4	2	22	76
5	2	22	76
6	2	22	76
7	2	22	76
8	2	22	76
9	2	22	76
10	2	22	76
11	2	22	76
12	2	22	76
13	1	22	77
14	1	22	77
15	1	22	77
16	1	23	76
17	1	23	76
18	1	23	76
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	26	73
23	1	27	72
24	1	28	71
25	1	29	70
26	1	30	69
27	2	31	67
28	2	32	66
29	2	33	65
30	2	34	64
31	2	35	63

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 7:07 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15
Sunset (PM)	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:07	7:31
2	12.4	7:08	7:30
3	12.4	7:08	7:30
4	12.3	7:08	7:29
5	12.3	7:09	7:28
6	12.3	7:09	7:28
7	12.3	7:09	7:27
8	12.3	7:10	7:26
9	12.3	7:10	7:25
10	12.2	7:10	7:25
11	12.2	7:10	7:24
12	12.2	7:11	7:23
13	12.2	7:11	7:22
14	12.2	7:11	7:21
15	12.1	7:12	7:20
16	12.1	7:12	7:20
17	12.1	7:12	7:19
18	12.1	7:12	7:18
19	12.1	7:13	7:17
20	12.1	7:13	7:16
21	12.0	7:13	7:15
22	12.0	7:13	7:15
23	12.0	7:13	7:14
24	12.0	7:14	7:13
25	12.0	7:14	7:12
26	12.0	7:14	7:11
27	11.9	7:14	7:10
28	11.9	7:15	7:09
29	11.9	7:15	7:09
30	11.9	7:15	7:08
31	11.9	7:15	7:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.13 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)	5.5	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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Patos de Minas

In seasonPeak

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

Patos de Minas's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Patos de Minas?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Patos de Minas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patos de Minas in March

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

In March, Patos de Minas sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

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UV index in Patos de Minas in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Patos de Minas peaks around February 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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)	15	16	14	11	9	7	8	9	12	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Patos de Minas?

Patos de Minas sits at 18.6°S, 46.5°W, 842 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Presidente Olegário, 21 km away.

Topography around Patos de Minas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patos de Minas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m around an average of 847 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m.

The land around Patos de Minas is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (32%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

235 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

340 m

grassland 35%

80 km

735 m

grassland 43%

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← February Patos de Minas year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Presidente Olegário 21 km · Lagoa Formosa 25 km · Carmo do Paranaíba 52 km · Patrocínio 64 km · Coromandel 73 km · Vazante 78 km · São Gotardo 95 km · João Pinheiro 100 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 Patos de Minas (-18.5789°, -46.5181°, elevation 842 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	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	28	19
5	28	19
6	28	19
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	28	19
13	28	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	65
24	63
25	62
26	60
27	58
28	56
29	55
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	24	74
2	2	23	75
3	2	23	75
4	2	22	76
5	2	22	76
6	2	22	76
7	2	22	76
8	2	22	76
9	2	22	76
10	2	22	76
11	2	22	76
12	2	22	76
13	1	22	77
14	1	22	77
15	1	22	77
16	1	23	76
17	1	23	76
18	1	23	76
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	26	73
23	1	27	72
24	1	28	71
25	1	29	70
26	1	30	69
27	2	31	67
28	2	32	66
29	2	33	65
30	2	34	64
31	2	35	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	65
24	63
25	62
26	60
27	58
28	56
29	55
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	24	74
2	2	23	75
3	2	23	75
4	2	22	76
5	2	22	76
6	2	22	76
7	2	22	76
8	2	22	76
9	2	22	76
10	2	22	76
11	2	22	76
12	2	22	76
13	1	22	77
14	1	22	77
15	1	22	77
16	1	23	76
17	1	23	76
18	1	23	76
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	26	73
23	1	27	72
24	1	28	71
25	1	29	70
26	1	30	69
27	2	31	67
28	2	32	66
29	2	33	65
30	2	34	64
31	2	35	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	41	59
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	69
17	69
18	69
19	69
20	69
21	68
22	67
23	65
24	63
25	62
26	60
27	58
28	56
29	55
30	53
31	52

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	24	74
2	2	23	75
3	2	23	75
4	2	22	76
5	2	22	76
6	2	22	76
7	2	22	76
8	2	22	76
9	2	22	76
10	2	22	76
11	2	22	76
12	2	22	76
13	1	22	77
14	1	22	77
15	1	22	77
16	1	23	76
17	1	23	76
18	1	23	76
19	1	24	75
20	1	24	75
21	1	25	74
22	1	26	73
23	1	27	72
24	1	28	71
25	1	29	70
26	1	30	69
27	2	31	67
28	2	32	66
29	2	33	65
30	2	34	64
31	2	35	63