Porteirinha weather in March

In March, Porteirinha sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 82 mm of rain across 10 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Porteirinha's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Porteirinha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:58 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
61%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Porteirinha 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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Porteirinha reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°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 Porteirinha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Porteirinha 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
Jan31° / 21°981112.84.5
Feb31° / 21°678.212.54.5
Mar31° / 21°821012.14.6
Apr30° / 20°314.811.75.5
May29° / 18°61.611.36.5
Jun28° / 17°10.211.17.4
Jul28° / 16°00.111.27.7
Aug30° / 16°10.211.56.8
Sep32° / 18°71.411.95.3
Oct32° / 20°435.912.44.3
Nov30° / 21°11812.612.74.3
Dec30° / 21°12613.412.94.5

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 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44456
54456
64555
74555
84555
94555
104654
114654
124753
134753
144852
155050
164951
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265347
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315347

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Porteirinha gets around 82 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
234
334
434
534
635
735
835
935
1035
1135
1235
1334
1434
1534
1634
1734
1834
1933
2033
2132
2231
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2528
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2726
2826
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3024
3124

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 47% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1846434
2845424
3845415
4945415
5945406
6945406
7945396
8945397
9945397
10945397
11945407
12845416
13844416
14744426
15744436
16644445
17644455
18644464
19544474
20544473
21545473
22545472
23546472
24547471
25547461
26648451
27648441
28749441
29749431
30849421
31849411

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
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268calm
278calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:557:15
212.36:567:15
312.36:567:14
412.36:567:13
512.36:567:13
612.36:577:12
712.26:577:11
812.26:577:11
912.26:577:10
1012.26:577:09
1112.26:587:09
1212.26:587:08
1312.26:587:07
1412.16:587:07
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2012.06:597:02
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2312.07:007:00
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2512.07:006:58
2612.07:006:57
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3111.97:016:54

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
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305.6Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Porteirinha

In seasonPeak

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

Porteirinha's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Porteirinha?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Porteirinha in March

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

In March, Porteirinha sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Porteirinha 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 Porteirinha peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 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 16UV 15Jul 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Porteirinha?

Porteirinha sits at 15.7°S, 43.0°W, 570 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Janaúba, 31 km away.

Topography around Porteirinha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Porteirinha has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m around an average of 614 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 756 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,324 m.

The land around Porteirinha is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
270 m
16 km
756 m
80 km
1,324 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Janaúba 31 km · Rio Pardo de Minas 54 km · Barreiro do Jaíba 62 km · Monte Azul 67 km · Jaíba 83 km · Taiobeiras 85 km · Salinas 92 km · Espinosa 94 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 Porteirinha (-15.7433°, -43.0283°, elevation 570 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).