Pirapora weather in March

In March, Pirapora sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 138 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Pirapora's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pirapora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:06 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Pirapora 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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Pirapora reaches about 30°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 27°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 Pirapora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 15 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
15
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.

Pirapora weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°18615.612.94.1
Feb31° / 21°12611.712.64.3
Mar30° / 21°13813.612.14.4
Apr30° / 20°496.611.65.4
May29° / 18°132.611.26.6
Jun28° / 17°30.5117.5
Jul28° / 16°10.211.17.6
Aug30° / 17°30.711.46.6
Sep32° / 19°182.911.94.9
Oct32° / 21°778.912.44.0
Nov30° / 21°21817.212.83.9
Dec30° / 21°25218.6134.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44258
54258
64258
74258
84258
94357
104456
114357
124357
134456
144456
154456
164456
174654
184654
194654
204654
214654
224753
234852
244852
255050
265050
275050
285050
295149
305149
315248

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Pirapora gets around 138 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
147
248
348
448
548
648
748
848
947
1047
1147
1247
1346
1446
1546
1646
1746
1846
1945
2045
2144
2243
2341
2440
2539
2638
2737
2836
2935
3034
3133

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 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112185623
212185524
312185524
412185425
512185425
611185426
711185426
811195227
911195227
1001195327
1101195327
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1301195327
1401195327
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1901185625
2001185724
2101195723
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2501215820
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2701225918
2801235818
2901245817
3001255717
3102265616

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 7:02 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:027:24
212.47:027:23
312.37:037:23
412.37:037:22
512.37:037:21
612.37:037:21
712.37:047:20
812.37:047:19
912.27:047:18
1012.27:047:18
1112.27:057:17
1212.27:057:16
1312.27:057:15
1412.27:057:15
1512.17:067:14
1612.17:067:13
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2012.17:077:10
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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 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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205.4Bright
215.4Bright
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255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Pirapora

In seasonPeak

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

Pirapora'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 Pirapora?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pirapora in March

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

In March, Pirapora sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pirapora 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 Pirapora peaks around February 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pirapora?

Pirapora sits at 17.3°S, 44.9°W, 502 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Buritizeiro, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Pirapora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pirapora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 497 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 828 m.

The land around Pirapora is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%), trees (26%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%), trees (28%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
403 m
80 km
828 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Buritizeiro 2.0 km · Várzea da Palma 36 km · Coração de Jesus 96 km · Três Marias 101 km · Brasilândia de Minas 119 km · Bocaiúva 123 km · Corinto 126 km · Montes Claros 133 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 Pirapora (-17.345°, -44.9419°, elevation 502 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).