Picuí weather in March

In March, Picuí sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 64 mm of rain across 12.5 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 31°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 Picuí's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Picuí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:34 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 11th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Picuí 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 Picuí reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
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30	31	21
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How March really feels in Picuí

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.

Picuí 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	35	8	12.3	4.6
Feb	31° / 21°	41	9	12.2	4.4
Mar	31° / 21°	64	12.5	12	4.3
Apr	30° / 21°	61	11.4	11.9	4.7
May	29° / 21°	39	8.2	11.7	5.5
Jun	28° / 20°	28	6.4	11.6	6.5
Jul	28° / 19°	23	4.8	11.7	7.1
Aug	29° / 19°	9	1.7	11.8	6.8
Sep	30° / 19°	3	0.9	12	6.2
Oct	31° / 20°	3	0.7	12.1	5.6
Nov	31° / 20°	4	1.2	12.3	5.3
Dec	31° / 21°	11	2.9	12.4	5.0

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 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	47	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	45	45	46
Cloudier (%)	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	53	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	55	55	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
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26	45	55
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Picuí gets around 64 mm of rain over 12.5 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 39% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
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7	34
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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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 94% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Muggy (%)	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	75	76	76	76	75	75	75	73	72	72	71	70	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	60	59	59
Oppressive (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	22	23	24	25	26	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	75	16
2	9	75	16
3	9	75	16
4	9	75	16
5	9	75	16
6	8	76	16
7	8	76	16
8	8	75	17
9	7	76	17
10	7	76	17
11	6	76	18
12	6	75	19
13	5	75	20
14	5	75	20
15	5	73	22
16	5	72	23
17	4	72	24
18	4	71	25
19	4	70	26
20	4	68	28
21	4	67	29
22	4	66	30
23	4	65	31
24	4	64	32
25	4	63	33
26	4	62	34
27	4	61	35
28	4	60	36
29	4	60	36
30	4	59	37
31	4	59	37

Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light 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 5:35 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:29 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	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:35	5:43
2	12.1	5:35	5:42
3	12.1	5:35	5:42
4	12.1	5:35	5:42
5	12.1	5:35	5:41
6	12.1	5:34	5:41
7	12.1	5:34	5:40
8	12.1	5:34	5:40
9	12.1	5:34	5:40
10	12.1	5:34	5:39
11	12.1	5:34	5:39
12	12.1	5:34	5:38
13	12.1	5:34	5:38
14	12.1	5:34	5:37
15	12.1	5:34	5:37
16	12.0	5:34	5:36
17	12.0	5:34	5:36
18	12.0	5:33	5:35
19	12.0	5:33	5:35
20	12.0	5:33	5:34
21	12.0	5:33	5:34
22	12.0	5:33	5:33
23	12.0	5:33	5:33
24	12.0	5:33	5:32
25	12.0	5:33	5:32
26	12.0	5:32	5:31
27	12.0	5:32	5:31
28	12.0	5:32	5:30
29	12.0	5:32	5:30
30	12.0	5:32	5:29
31	12.0	5:32	5:29

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.89 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)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Picuí?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Picuí in March

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

In March, Picuí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Picuí in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Picuí peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 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	16	14	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Picuí?

Picuí sits at 6.5°S, 36.3°W, 445 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cuité, 22 km away.

Topography around Picuí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Picuí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 455 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 793 m.

The land around Picuí is covered by shrubs (70%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

185 m

shrubs 70%

16 km

367 m

shrubs 71%

80 km

793 m

shrubs 73%

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

March weather nearby: Cuité 22 km · Currais Novos 34 km · Parelhas 40 km · Santa Cruz 48 km · Lagoa Nova 48 km · Cacimba de Dentro 63 km · Araruna 67 km · Pocinhos 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

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 Picuí (-6.5106°, -36.3469°, elevation 445 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)
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
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18	46	54
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26	45	55
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
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28	45
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30	44
31	44

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	75	16
2	9	75	16
3	9	75	16
4	9	75	16
5	9	75	16
6	8	76	16
7	8	76	16
8	8	75	17
9	7	76	17
10	7	76	17
11	6	76	18
12	6	75	19
13	5	75	20
14	5	75	20
15	5	73	22
16	5	72	23
17	4	72	24
18	4	71	25
19	4	70	26
20	4	68	28
21	4	67	29
22	4	66	30
23	4	65	31
24	4	64	32
25	4	63	33
26	4	62	34
27	4	61	35
28	4	60	36
29	4	60	36
30	4	59	37
31	4	59	37

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
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10	31	21
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	47	53
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18	46	54
19	45	55
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25	44	56
26	45	55
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	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
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6	33
7	34
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9	35
10	36
11	36
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	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	75	16
2	9	75	16
3	9	75	16
4	9	75	16
5	9	75	16
6	8	76	16
7	8	76	16
8	8	75	17
9	7	76	17
10	7	76	17
11	6	76	18
12	6	75	19
13	5	75	20
14	5	75	20
15	5	73	22
16	5	72	23
17	4	72	24
18	4	71	25
19	4	70	26
20	4	68	28
21	4	67	29
22	4	66	30
23	4	65	31
24	4	64	32
25	4	63	33
26	4	62	34
27	4	61	35
28	4	60	36
29	4	60	36
30	4	59	37
31	4	59	37

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	41
19	42
20	43
21	43
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	45
26	45
27	45
28	45
29	44
30	44
31	44

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	9	75	16
2	9	75	16
3	9	75	16
4	9	75	16
5	9	75	16
6	8	76	16
7	8	76	16
8	8	75	17
9	7	76	17
10	7	76	17
11	6	76	18
12	6	75	19
13	5	75	20
14	5	75	20
15	5	73	22
16	5	72	23
17	4	72	24
18	4	71	25
19	4	70	26
20	4	68	28
21	4	67	29
22	4	66	30
23	4	65	31
24	4	64	32
25	4	63	33
26	4	62	34
27	4	61	35
28	4	60	36
29	4	60	36
30	4	59	37
31	4	59	37