Pontalina weather in March

In March, Pontalina sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 164 mm of rain across 20.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 24% 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 Pontalina's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontalina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
164 mm
20.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:24 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
66%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Pontalina is human settlement in Pontalina, 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 Pontalina 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 32°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 Pontalina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 11 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
11
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.

Pontalina weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°23322.612.93.6
Feb30° / 21°17720.112.63.6
Mar30° / 21°16420.312.13.9
Apr30° / 20°6610.211.65.0
May29° / 18°162.811.26.5
Jun29° / 16°40.9117.1
Jul29° / 16°20.511.17.1
Aug31° / 18°60.811.45.8
Sep33° / 20°285.211.94.1
Oct32° / 21°9614.412.43.4
Nov30° / 21°17721.112.83.5
Dec30° / 21°21124.1133.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33664
43664
53763
63763
73862
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113961
124060
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244258
254357
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Pontalina gets around 164 mm of rain over 20.3 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 65% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
269
368
468
567
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766
865
965
1065
1165
1265
1366
1466
1567
1667
1768
1868
1969
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2168
2268
2367
2465
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2761
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3154

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
146828
246828
356629
456629
556629
656629
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856530
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1056530
1156530
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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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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 7:20 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:207:42
212.47:207:42
312.37:207:41
412.37:217:40
512.37:217:39
612.37:217:39
712.37:227:38
812.37:227:37
912.27:227:37
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1112.27:237:35
1212.27:237:34
1312.27:237:33
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1512.17:247:32
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2012.17:257:28
2112.07:257:27
2212.07:257:26
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2512.07:267:24
2612.07:267:23
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3011.97:277:20
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Pontalina

In seasonPeak

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

Pontalina'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 Pontalina?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pontalina.

What to pack for Pontalina in March

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

In March, Pontalina sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pontalina 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 Pontalina peaks around January 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 23UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pontalina 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 Pontalina is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1721 µg/m³Jul 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug9Good
Sep22Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pontalina?

Pontalina sits at 17.5°S, 49.4°W, 627 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Morrinhos, 43 km away.

Topography around Pontalina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontalina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 629 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Pontalina is covered by cropland (35%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (33%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), grassland (26%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
425 m
80 km
559 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Morrinhos 43 km · Piracanjuba 52 km · Goiatuba 55 km · Hidrolândia 67 km · Indiara 72 km · Guapó 78 km · Bela Vista de Goiás 81 km · Aparecida de Goiânia 81 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 Pontalina (-17.525°, -49.4472°, elevation 627 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).