Portel weather in March

In March, Portel sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 369 mm of rain across 29.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 miserable.

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

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
4th coldest
Rainfall
369 mm
29.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:33 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Portel 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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Portel reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 32°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 Portel

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.

Portel weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°23726.412.12.7
Feb30° / 23°30826.112.12.6
Mar30° / 24°36929.4122.6
Apr30° / 24°38929122.5
May31° / 24°28127.311.92.7
Jun31° / 23°14120.611.93.2
Jul32° / 23°9216.311.93.6
Aug33° / 24°449.511.93.7
Sep34° / 24°265.8123.6
Oct34° / 24°296.3123.4
Nov33° / 24°538.112.13.3
Dec32° / 24°11417.312.13.1

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 5% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4892
5892
6892
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Portel gets around 369 mm of rain over 29.4 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 95% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
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393
493
593
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the miserable band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14357
24357
34258
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54258
64159
74159
84060
94060
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253169
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272971
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302773
312674

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

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 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:356:38
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512.06:356:37
612.06:356:36
712.06:346:36
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1212.06:336:35
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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 4.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.0Moderate
304.0Moderate
314.0Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Portel

In seasonPeak

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

Portel's monsoon runs January–May, 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 Portel?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Portel.

What to pack for Portel in March

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

In March, Portel sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Portel in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Portel peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Portel 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 Portel is worst in November — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1221 µg/m³Jun 209 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Portel?

Portel sits at 1.9°S, 50.8°W, 12 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Melgaço, 19 km away.

Topography around Portel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Portel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m.

The land around Portel is covered by water (76%) within 3 km, trees (65%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
75 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Melgaço 19 km · Breves 47 km · Bagre 68 km · Oeiras do Pará 108 km · Gurupá 108 km · Curralinho 115 km · Anajás 144 km · São Sebastião da Boa Vista 145 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 Portel (-1.9356°, -50.8211°, elevation 12 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).