Piraquara weather in March

In March, Piraquara sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 198 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Piraquara's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piraquara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
4th warmest
Overnight low
18°
10th coldest
Rainfall
198 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:20 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
72%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Piraquara 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

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical March day in Piraquara reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12619
22619
32619
42619
52619
62619
72619
82619
92619
102619
112618
122618
132618
142618
152618
162618
172618
182518
192518
202518
212518
222518
232518
242518
252518
262518
272518
282517
292517
302517
312517

Piraquara 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
Jan27° / 19°30025.913.44.1
Feb27° / 19°27722.912.94.2
Mar26° / 18°19822.512.24.8
Apr24° / 16°11115.211.45.9
May21° / 13°1151310.86.0
Jun20° / 12°11011.410.46.1
Jul20° / 11°10911.110.66.1
Aug21° / 12°9410.711.16.4
Sep21° / 13°16215.911.85.5
Oct23° / 15°1762012.64.9
Nov24° / 16°17720.513.25.0
Dec26° / 18°23622.913.64.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
42872
52971
62872
72872
82872
92872
102872
112872
122872
132872
142872
152872
162872
172971
182971
192971
202971
212971
222971
232971
242971
253070
263070
273070
282971
292971
303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Piraquara gets around 198 mm of rain over 22.5 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 72% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
179
279
379
479
579
678
778
877
977
1076
1176
1275
1374
1474
1573
1673
1772
1871
1971
2070
2169
2269
2368
2467
2567
2666
2765
2865
2964
3063
3162

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10421678
20421678
30422677
40322687
50322696
60323686
70323695
80324685
90324694
100325684
110326683
120326683
130327673
140328663
150429652
160430642
170532612
180533602
190634591
200735571
210736561
220737551
230838531
241839511
251840501
261841481
271942471
281942462
292943452
302943442
313943432

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

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)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:13 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.67:137:46
212.57:137:45
312.57:147:44
412.57:147:44
512.57:157:43
612.47:157:42
712.47:167:41
812.47:167:40
912.47:177:39
1012.37:177:38
1112.37:187:37
1212.37:187:36
1312.37:197:35
1412.27:197:34
1512.27:207:33
1612.27:207:31
1712.27:217:30
1812.17:217:29
1912.17:227:28
2012.17:227:27
2112.17:237:26
2212.07:237:25
2312.07:247:24
2412.07:247:23
2512.07:257:22
2611.97:257:21
2711.97:257:20
2811.97:267:19
2911.97:267:17
3011.87:277:16
3111.87:277:15

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.28 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 4.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.6Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.5Bright
144.4Bright
154.4Bright
164.4Bright
174.3Bright
184.3Bright
194.3Bright
204.3Bright
214.2Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.2Bright
254.2Bright
264.1Bright
274.1Bright
284.1Bright
294.1Bright
304.1Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Piraquara?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Piraquara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piraquara in March

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

In March, Piraquara sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Piraquara in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Piraquara peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeJan 18UV 15Jul 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug7High
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Piraquara?

Piraquara sits at 25.4°S, 49.1°W, 910 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Quatro Barras, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Piraquara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piraquara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 913 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,412 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,785 m.

The land around Piraquara is covered by trees (45%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (58%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
1,412 m
80 km
1,785 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
March weather nearby: Quatro Barras 9.0 km · Pinhais 13 km · Campina Grande do Sul 15 km · São José dos Pinhais 17 km · Curitiba 21 km · Colombo 23 km · Morretes 24 km · Almirante Tamandaré 28 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 Piraquara (-25.4423°, -49.068°, elevation 910 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).