Plácido de Castro weather in March

In March, Plácido de Castro sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 263 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-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 1% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Plácido de Castro's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plácido de Castro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
263 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:36 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
88%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Plácido de Castro 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 Plácido de Castro reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Plácido de Castro

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.

Plácido de Castro weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°25926.712.52.8
Feb30° / 23°25024.512.32.8
Mar30° / 23°26326.912.12.8
Apr30° / 23°17322.711.83.2
May30° / 22°8816.511.54.3
Jun30° / 21°418.111.45.2
Jul31° / 20°244.711.55.1
Aug33° / 21°457.311.73.9
Sep33° / 22°8913.611.93.1
Oct32° / 23°1612112.22.8
Nov31° / 23°22323.712.52.8
Dec31° / 23°26126.512.62.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Plácido de Castro gets around 263 mm of rain over 26.9 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 87% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2786
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3085
3185

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
107525
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Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

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

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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:365:48
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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 4.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Plácido de Castro

In seasonPeak

In March, Plácido de Castro sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Plácido de Castro's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Plácido de Castro?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Plácido de Castro.

What to pack for Plácido de Castro in March

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

In March, Plácido de Castro sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Plácido de Castro 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 Plácido de Castro peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 12 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateExtremeJan 21UV 15Sep 12UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Plácido de Castro 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 Plácido de Castro is worst in September — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.8× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1457 µg/m³Jun 98 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Good
Aug37Poor
Sep60Unhealthy
Oct23Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Plácido de Castro?

Plácido de Castro sits at 10.3°S, 67.2°W, 136 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Senador Guiomard, 64 km away.

Topography around Plácido de Castro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plácido de Castro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m.

The land around Plácido de Castro is covered by trees (71%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
133 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Senador Guiomard 64 km · Rio Branco 79 km · Porto Acre 91 km · Riberalta 145 km · Xapuri 148 km · Boca do Acre 178 km · Epitaciolândia 187 km · Brasiléia 187 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 Plácido de Castro (-10.3353°, -67.1856°, elevation 136 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).