Santa Helena weather in March

In March, Santa Helena sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 354 mm of rain across 29.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
354 mm
29.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:10 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
87%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Santa Helena 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 Santa Helena reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Santa Helena

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.

Santa Helena weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°18423.412.12.9
Feb30° / 24°25325.512.12.8
Mar30° / 24°35429.8122.7
Apr30° / 24°33528.7122.7
May30° / 24°23826.411.93.0
Jun30° / 23°11921.311.93.7
Jul30° / 23°8117.911.94.3
Aug31° / 23°3210.511.94.7
Sep32° / 24°175124.7
Oct33° / 24°154124.3
Nov33° / 24°255.312.14.0
Dec33° / 24°6512.512.13.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21090
31090
41090
5991
6991
7991
8991
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Helena gets around 354 mm of rain over 29.8 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 96% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
193
294
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594
694
795
895
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1095
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1296
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1596
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2998
3098
3198

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16931
26931
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56832
66733
76733
86634
96634
106535
116535
126436
136337
146337
156238
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206139
216139
226040
236040
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265842
275842
285743
295743
305644
315545

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
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316calm

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 6:13 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:136:16
212.06:136:16
312.06:136:15
412.06:136:15
512.06:136:15
612.06:126:15
712.06:126:14
812.06:126:14
912.06:126:14
1012.06:126:13
1112.06:116:13
1212.06:116:13
1312.06:116:12
1412.06:116:12
1512.06:116:12
1612.06:106:11
1712.06:106:11
1812.06:106:11
1912.06:106:10
2012.06:096:10
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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 4.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 4.01 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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204.0Moderate
214.0Moderate
224.0Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Santa Helena

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Helena'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 Santa Helena?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Helena.

What to pack for Santa Helena in March

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

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

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Santa Helena 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 Santa Helena peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Santa Helena 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 Santa Helena is worst in February — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 2018 µg/m³Jul 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov11Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Helena?

Santa Helena sits at 2.2°S, 45.3°W, 12 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Turilândia, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Helena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Helena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Santa Helena is covered by grassland (56%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
170 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
March weather nearby: Turilândia 1.0 km · Pinheiro 40 km · Presidente Sarney 41 km · Bacuri 59 km · Bequimão 62 km · Santa Luzia do Paruá 63 km · Turiaçu 64 km · Palmeirândia 64 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 Santa Helena (-2.2311°, -45.3°, 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).