Porto da Folha weather in March

In March, Porto da Folha sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 41 mm of rain across 9.4 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Porto da Folha's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Porto da Folha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 41 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:37 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Porto da Folha reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	24
2	34	24
3	34	24
4	34	24
5	34	24
6	34	24
7	34	24
8	34	24
9	34	24
10	34	24
11	34	24
12	34	24
13	34	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

How March really feels in Porto da Folha

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Porto da Folha 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 24°	35	6.7	12.5	3.4
Feb	34° / 24°	36	7.7	12.3	3.4
Mar	33° / 24°	41	9.4	12.1	3.4
Apr	32° / 23°	44	10.5	11.8	3.9
May	30° / 22°	51	13.3	11.6	4.7
Jun	28° / 21°	47	14.3	11.4	5.5
Jul	27° / 20°	39	13.9	11.5	5.9
Aug	28° / 20°	27	10.9	11.7	6.1
Sep	30° / 21°	19	7.3	11.9	5.5
Oct	32° / 22°	17	4.6	12.2	4.6
Nov	33° / 23°	20	4	12.5	3.9
Dec	34° / 23°	18	3.7	12.6	3.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	61	62	63	62	63	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	58	58	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	39	38	37	38	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	42	42	41	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Porto da Folha gets around 41 mm of rain over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	25
3	25
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	26
10	26
11	27
12	27
13	28
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	34
29	34
30	33
31	33

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 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Oppressive (%)	62	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 5:49 PM to 5:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:36	5:49
2	12.2	5:36	5:48
3	12.2	5:36	5:48
4	12.2	5:36	5:47
5	12.2	5:36	5:47
6	12.2	5:37	5:46
7	12.2	5:37	5:46
8	12.1	5:37	5:45
9	12.1	5:37	5:45
10	12.1	5:37	5:44
11	12.1	5:37	5:44
12	12.1	5:37	5:43
13	12.1	5:37	5:42
14	12.1	5:37	5:42
15	12.1	5:37	5:41
16	12.1	5:37	5:41
17	12.1	5:37	5:40
18	12.0	5:37	5:40
19	12.0	5:37	5:39
20	12.0	5:37	5:38
21	12.0	5:37	5:38
22	12.0	5:37	5:37
23	12.0	5:37	5:37
24	12.0	5:37	5:36
25	12.0	5:37	5:36
26	12.0	5:36	5:35
27	12.0	5:36	5:34
28	12.0	5:36	5:34
29	11.9	5:36	5:33
30	11.9	5:36	5:33
31	11.9	5:36	5:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Porto da Folha?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Porto da Folha. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Porto da Folha in March

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

In March, Porto da Folha sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Porto da Folha 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 Porto da Folha peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	13	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Porto da Folha?

Porto da Folha sits at 9.9°S, 37.3°W, 42 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pão de Açúcar, 26 km away.

Topography around Porto da Folha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Porto da Folha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 812 m.

The land around Porto da Folha is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

180 m

grassland 70%

16 km

358 m

grassland 54%

80 km

812 m

grassland 67%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← February Porto da Folha year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Pão de Açúcar 26 km · Traipu 31 km · Batalha 31 km · Nossa Senhora da Glória 37 km · São José da Tapera 41 km · Olho d'Água das Flores 42 km · Poço Redondo 46 km · Girau do Ponciano 49 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

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 Porto da Folha (-9.9172°, -37.2783°, elevation 42 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	24
2	34	24
3	34	24
4	34	24
5	34	24
6	34	24
7	34	24
8	34	24
9	34	24
10	34	24
11	34	24
12	34	24
13	34	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	25
3	25
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	26
10	26
11	27
12	27
13	28
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	34
29	34
30	33
31	33

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	24
2	34	24
3	34	24
4	34	24
5	34	24
6	34	24
7	34	24
8	34	24
9	34	24
10	34	24
11	34	24
12	34	24
13	34	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	25
3	25
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	26
10	26
11	27
12	27
13	28
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	34
29	34
30	33
31	33

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	24
2	34	24
3	34	24
4	34	24
5	34	24
6	34	24
7	34	24
8	34	24
9	34	24
10	34	24
11	34	24
12	34	24
13	34	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	25
3	25
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	26
10	26
11	27
12	27
13	28
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	33
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	34
29	34
30	33
31	33

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	24	76