Salitre weather in March

In March, Salitre sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 185 mm of rain across 18.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Salitre's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salitre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
185 mm
18.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:50 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Salitre reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°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)
13021
23021
33021
43021
53021
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93021
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How March really feels in Salitre

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.

Salitre weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°13915.812.44.1
Feb30° / 21°14715.912.24.2
Mar29° / 21°18518.7124.2
Apr29° / 21°10012.111.84.9
May30° / 21°385.611.75.8
Jun29° / 20°71.411.66.7
Jul29° / 19°50.811.66.8
Aug31° / 19°10.311.86.2
Sep32° / 20°10.2125.0
Oct33° / 22°81.212.24.1
Nov33° / 22°203.512.34.0
Dec32° / 22°38712.44.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33565
43565
53664
63664
73664
83664
93763
103664
113664
123664
133664
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303565
313565

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Salitre gets around 185 mm of rain over 18.7 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
156
255
355
455
555
655
755
855
955
1056
1156
1257
1358
1459
1560
1661
1762
1863
1964
2064
2165
2265
2365
2465
2565
2664
2763
2862
2961
3060
3159

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10137512
20137512
30137413
40137413
50137413
60137314
70137314
80127414
90127315
100117415
110117316
120107317
13097417
14087418
15187219
16177220
17167221
18167122
19157222
20057223
21057124
22057124
23057124
24057025
25057025
26057025
27066925
28066925
29076825
30076924
31086824

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
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259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
3110calm

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 5:51 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:516:00
212.15:515:59
312.15:515:59
412.15:515:58
512.15:515:58
612.15:515:58
712.15:515:57
812.15:505:57
912.15:505:56
1012.15:505:56
1112.15:505:55
1212.15:505:55
1312.15:505:54
1412.15:505:54
1512.15:505:53
1612.05:505:53
1712.05:505:52
1812.05:505:52
1912.05:505:51
2012.05:505:51
2112.05:505:50
2212.05:495:50
2312.05:495:49
2412.05:495:49
2512.05:495:48
2612.05:495:48
2712.05:495:47
2812.05:495:47
2912.05:495:46
3012.05:495:46
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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 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.0Bright
205.0Bright
215.0Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Salitre

In seasonPeak

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

Salitre's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Salitre?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Salitre for sightseeing.

What to pack for Salitre in March

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

In March, Salitre sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Salitre in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salitre peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Salitre?

Salitre sits at 7.3°S, 40.5°W, 678 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Campos Sales, 25 km away.

Topography around Salitre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salitre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m around an average of 715 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Salitre is covered by cropland (38%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (57%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
195 m
16 km
301 m
80 km
695 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Campos Sales 25 km · Ipueiras 28 km · Araripina 33 km · Araripe 36 km · Pio IX 53 km · Ipubi 53 km · Trindade 57 km · Jaicós 76 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 Salitre (-7.2847°, -40.4572°, elevation 678 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).