Piracuruca weather in March

In March, Piracuruca sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 295 mm of rain across 23.7 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Piracuruca's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piracuruca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
295 mm
23.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:56 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Piracuruca is 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Piracuruca reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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 Piracuruca

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.

Piracuruca 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
Jan34° / 25°15816.612.22.4
Feb33° / 24°20818.612.12.6
Mar32° / 24°29523.7122.6
Apr32° / 24°28722.911.92.8
May33° / 24°12912.911.83.4
Jun33° / 24°204.411.83.8
Jul34° / 24°71.611.83.7
Aug36° / 24°20.311.93.0
Sep37° / 25°10.2122.1
Oct37° / 26°90.712.11.7
Nov37° / 26°91.912.21.6
Dec36° / 26°445.312.21.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32674
42674
52575
62575
72575
82476
92476
102476
112377
122377
132278
142179
152179
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Piracuruca gets around 295 mm of rain over 23.7 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 77% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
370
470
571
671
771
872
972
1073
1173
1273
1374
1474
1575
1676
1776
1877
1978
2079
2180
2281
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2482
2583
2684
2784
2885
2985
3085
3184

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16877
27867
37858
47849
578310
678310
778211
878112
978112
1078112
1178013
1268113
1368113
1458213
1558114
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2128414
2228315
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2518217
2618118
2708119
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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
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66calm
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126calm
136calm
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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 5:58 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:586:02
212.15:586:02
312.15:576:02
412.15:576:02
512.15:576:01
612.15:576:01
712.15:576:01
812.15:576:00
912.15:576:00
1012.05:576:00
1112.05:575:59
1212.05:565:59
1312.05:565:58
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Piracuruca

In seasonPeak

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

Piracuruca's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Piracuruca?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Piracuruca.

What to pack for Piracuruca in March

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

In March, Piracuruca sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Piracuruca 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 Piracuruca peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Piracuruca 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 Piracuruca is worst in November — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1822 µg/m³Aug 126 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul6Good
Aug6Good
Sep7Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Piracuruca?

Piracuruca sits at 3.9°S, 41.7°W, 75 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piripiri, 39 km away.

Topography around Piracuruca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piracuruca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 866 m.

The land around Piracuruca is covered by shrubs (36%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%), trees (29%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
240 m
80 km
866 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Piripiri 39 km · Batalha 42 km · Cocal 53 km · Esperantina 58 km · Pedro II 62 km · Barras 74 km · Viçosa do Ceará 80 km · Tianguá 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 Piracuruca (-3.9281°, -41.7092°, elevation 75 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).