Pio XII weather in March

In March, Pio XII sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 348 mm of rain across 29.7 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Pio XII's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pio XII's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
348 mm
29.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:09 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
85%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Pio XII 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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Pio XII reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°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)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Pio XII

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.

Pio XII 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
Jan32° / 24°26025.312.22.6
Feb31° / 24°28625.612.12.5
Mar31° / 24°34829.7122.4
Apr31° / 24°31627.811.92.5
May31° / 24°16021.311.83.2
Jun31° / 24°5411.111.84.2
Jul32° / 23°296.211.84.5
Aug34° / 24°9211.94.0
Sep35° / 24°101.8123.3
Oct35° / 25°173.512.13.0
Nov34° / 25°457.512.22.9
Dec33° / 25°12015.212.22.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31585
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91288
101288
111288
121288
131288
141288
151288
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Pio XII gets around 348 mm of rain over 29.7 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 95% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
293
393
493
593
694
794
894
994
1095
1195
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1495
1595
1696
1796
1896
1996
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2197
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2697
2797
2897
2998
3098
3197

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13763
23763
33664
43664
53565
63565
73466
83367
93367
103268
113268
123169
133169
143070
153070
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203070
212971
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252872
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292674
302674
312575

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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186calm
196calm
206calm
215calm
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265calm
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285calm
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305calm
315calm

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 6:11 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:116:16
212.16:116:16
312.16:116:16
412.16:116:15
512.16:116:15
612.16:116:15
712.16:116:14
812.16:116:14
912.16:116:14
1012.06:106:13
1112.06:106:13
1212.06:106:13
1312.06:106:12
1412.06:106:12
1512.06:106:11
1612.06:096:11
1712.06:096:11
1812.06:096:10
1912.06:096:10
2012.06:096:09
2112.06:096:09
2212.06:086:09
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2612.06:076:07
2712.06:076:06
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3112.06:066:05

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Pio XII

In seasonPeak

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

Pio XII's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Pio XII?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pio XII.

What to pack for Pio XII in March

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

In March, Pio XII sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Pio XII 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 Pio XII peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 19 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jul 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Pio XII 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 Pio XII is worst in November — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1621 µg/m³Jul 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug9Good
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pio XII?

Pio XII sits at 3.8°S, 45.2°W, 13 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Inês, 31 km away.

Topography around Pio XII

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pio XII has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m.

The land around Pio XII is covered by grassland (77%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
63 m
80 km
253 m
treesshrubsgrasslandwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Santa Inês 31 km · Pindaré-Mirim 33 km · Olho d’Água das Cunhãs 34 km · Monção 39 km · Vitória do Mearim 52 km · Vitorino Freire 52 km · Santa Luzia 58 km · Arari 59 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 Pio XII (-3.8325°, -45.1525°, elevation 13 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).