Riachão do Dantas weather in March

In March, Riachão do Dantas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 52 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 33% 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 Riachão do Dantas's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Riachão do Dantas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:38 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Riachão do Dantas is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Riachão do Dantas reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°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)	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How March really feels in Riachão do Dantas

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.

Riachão do Dantas weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	47	11.3	12.6	4.2
Feb	31° / 23°	46	12.4	12.4	4.0
Mar	31° / 23°	52	14.2	12.1	4.0
Apr	30° / 23°	67	15.8	11.8	4.2
May	28° / 22°	83	19.7	11.5	4.7
Jun	27° / 21°	83	21	11.4	4.9
Jul	26° / 20°	70	21	11.4	5.1
Aug	26° / 19°	62	19.4	11.6	5.3
Sep	28° / 20°	44	14.5	11.9	5.7
Oct	29° / 21°	33	9.5	12.2	5.5
Nov	31° / 22°	35	8.5	12.5	4.9
Dec	31° / 23°	33	8.4	12.6	4.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 41%.

	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 (%)	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	58	58	59	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	42	42	41	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	40

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Riachão do Dantas gets around 52 mm of rain over 14.2 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 45% and peaks near 49% 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 (%)	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

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 87% 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 (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Oppressive (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

Wind in March

Winds average 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
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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 5:37 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:33 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	12.2	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	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:37	5:51
2	12.2	5:37	5:51
3	12.2	5:37	5:50
4	12.2	5:38	5:50
5	12.2	5:38	5:49
6	12.2	5:38	5:49
7	12.2	5:38	5:48
8	12.2	5:38	5:47
9	12.1	5:38	5:47
10	12.1	5:38	5:46
11	12.1	5:38	5:46
12	12.1	5:38	5:45
13	12.1	5:38	5:45
14	12.1	5:38	5:44
15	12.1	5:38	5:43
16	12.1	5:38	5:43
17	12.1	5:38	5:42
18	12.1	5:38	5:42
19	12.0	5:38	5:41
20	12.0	5:38	5:40
21	12.0	5:38	5:40
22	12.0	5:38	5:39
23	12.0	5:38	5:39
24	12.0	5:38	5:38
25	12.0	5:38	5:37
26	12.0	5:38	5:37
27	12.0	5:38	5:36
28	12.0	5:38	5:35
29	11.9	5:38	5:35
30	11.9	5:38	5:34
31	11.9	5:38	5:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.81 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Riachão do Dantas?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Riachão do Dantas in March

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

In March, Riachão do Dantas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Riachão do Dantas in March

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 51 km away) is warmest in April at about 28°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	28	Warm
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	28	Warm
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	26	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Riachão do Dantas 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 Riachão do Dantas peaks around February 17 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)	13	15	14	13	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Riachão do Dantas?

Riachão do Dantas sits at 11.1°S, 37.7°W, 179 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Boquim, 14 km away.

Topography around Riachão do Dantas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Riachão do Dantas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 164 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Riachão do Dantas is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

grassland 86%

16 km

322 m

grassland 78%

80 km

691 m

grassland 55%

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← February Riachão do Dantas year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Boquim 14 km · Lagarto 19 km · Itabaianinha 24 km · Salgado 28 km · Tobias Barreto 32 km · Umbaúba 36 km · Simão Dias 38 km · Estância 38 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
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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
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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 Riachão do Dantas (-11.0689°, -37.725°, elevation 179 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	32	23
11	32	23
12	32	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	44
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	49
29	49
30	49
31	49

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	10	90