Picos weather in March

In March, Picos sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 149 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Picos's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Picos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 149 mm; 18.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:54 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Picos 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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Picos reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
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10	31	23
11	31	23
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24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How March really feels in Picos

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Picos weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 24°	141	16.6	12.4	3.2
Feb	31° / 23°	139	16.9	12.2	3.4
Mar	31° / 23°	149	18.9	12	3.5
Apr	32° / 23°	88	11.6	11.8	3.9
May	32° / 23°	30	4.8	11.7	4.2
Jun	32° / 22°	4	1	11.6	4.7
Jul	33° / 21°	2	0.5	11.6	4.7
Aug	34° / 22°	1	0.1	11.8	4.0
Sep	36° / 23°	2	0.2	12	3.0
Oct	36° / 25°	9	1.4	12.2	2.3
Nov	36° / 25°	25	4.5	12.3	2.5
Dec	34° / 25°	57	7.8	12.4	3.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% 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 (%)	35	36	36	36	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	39
Cloudier (%)	65	64	64	64	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	66	66	65	64	63	62	62	61	61

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Picos gets around 149 mm of rain over 18.9 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 60% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	58	59	60	62	63	64	65	66	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	64	62	61	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	54
7	54
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61
31	59

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19
Oppressive (%)	72	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	79	79	80	81	82	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	80

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	72
2	3	24	73
3	3	24	73
4	3	24	73
5	3	25	72
6	3	25	72
7	3	25	72
8	3	25	72
9	3	25	72
10	3	24	73
11	2	24	74
12	2	24	74
13	2	23	75
14	2	22	76
15	2	21	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	18	81
20	1	17	82
21	1	16	83
22	1	16	83
23	1	16	83
24	1	15	84
25	1	15	84
26	1	16	83
27	1	16	83
28	1	17	82
29	1	17	82
30	1	18	81
31	1	19	80

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 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 12 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:49 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:55	6:03
2	12.1	5:55	6:03
3	12.1	5:55	6:03
4	12.1	5:55	6:02
5	12.1	5:55	6:02
6	12.1	5:55	6:02
7	12.1	5:55	6:01
8	12.1	5:55	6:01
9	12.1	5:55	6:00
10	12.1	5:55	6:00
11	12.1	5:54	5:59
12	12.1	5:54	5:59
13	12.1	5:54	5:58
14	12.1	5:54	5:58
15	12.1	5:54	5:57
16	12.0	5:54	5:57
17	12.0	5:54	5:56
18	12.0	5:54	5:56
19	12.0	5:54	5:55
20	12.0	5:54	5:55
21	12.0	5:54	5:54
22	12.0	5:53	5:54
23	12.0	5:53	5:53
24	12.0	5:53	5:53
25	12.0	5:53	5:52
26	12.0	5:53	5:52
27	12.0	5:53	5:51
28	12.0	5:53	5:51
29	12.0	5:53	5:50
30	12.0	5:53	5:50
31	11.9	5:52	5:49

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.0	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 Picos

In seasonPeak

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

Picos'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 Picos?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Picos.

What to pack for Picos in March

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

In March, Picos sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Picos 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 Picos peaks around March 10 at about 15 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Picos?

Picos sits at 7.1°S, 41.5°W, 203 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jaicós, 48 km away.

Topography around Picos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Picos has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 582 m.

The land around Picos is covered by grassland (37%), shrubs (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

255 m

grassland 37%

16 km

385 m

shrubs 49%

80 km

582 m

shrubs 71%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← February Picos year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Jaicós 48 km · Oeiras 74 km · Valença do Piauí 81 km · Pio IX 98 km · Ipueiras 112 km · Salitre 114 km · Campos Sales 120 km · Araripina 120 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 Picos (-7.0769°, -41.4669°, elevation 203 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	54
7	54
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61
31	59

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	72
2	3	24	73
3	3	24	73
4	3	24	73
5	3	25	72
6	3	25	72
7	3	25	72
8	3	25	72
9	3	25	72
10	3	24	73
11	2	24	74
12	2	24	74
13	2	23	75
14	2	22	76
15	2	21	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	18	81
20	1	17	82
21	1	16	83
22	1	16	83
23	1	16	83
24	1	15	84
25	1	15	84
26	1	16	83
27	1	16	83
28	1	17	82
29	1	17	82
30	1	18	81
31	1	19	80

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	54
7	54
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61
31	59

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	72
2	3	24	73
3	3	24	73
4	3	24	73
5	3	25	72
6	3	25	72
7	3	25	72
8	3	25	72
9	3	25	72
10	3	24	73
11	2	24	74
12	2	24	74
13	2	23	75
14	2	22	76
15	2	21	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	18	81
20	1	17	82
21	1	16	83
22	1	16	83
23	1	16	83
24	1	15	84
25	1	15	84
26	1	16	83
27	1	16	83
28	1	17	82
29	1	17	82
30	1	18	81
31	1	19	80

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	55
6	54
7	54
8	55
9	55
10	55
11	56
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61
31	59

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	72
2	3	24	73
3	3	24	73
4	3	24	73
5	3	25	72
6	3	25	72
7	3	25	72
8	3	25	72
9	3	25	72
10	3	24	73
11	2	24	74
12	2	24	74
13	2	23	75
14	2	22	76
15	2	21	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	20	79
18	1	19	80
19	1	18	81
20	1	17	82
21	1	16	83
22	1	16	83
23	1	16	83
24	1	15	84
25	1	15	84
26	1	16	83
27	1	16	83
28	1	17	82
29	1	17	82
30	1	18	81
31	1	19	80