Santa Juliana weather in March

In March, Santa Juliana sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 162 mm of rain across 19.9 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Santa Juliana's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Juliana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
162 mm
19.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:16 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Santa Juliana is human 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 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santa Juliana reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°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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Santa Juliana 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°22622134.5
Feb28° / 19°16218.312.74.7
Mar28° / 19°16219.912.14.9
Apr27° / 18°6110.311.66.5
May26° / 15°294.711.17.8
Jun25° / 14°101.510.98.6
Jul25° / 13°61118.7
Aug27° / 14°11211.38.2
Sep29° / 17°476.811.96.3
Oct29° / 19°10113.412.45.1
Nov28° / 19°17920.612.94.6
Dec27° / 19°24324.313.14.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23367
33367
43466
53565
63565
73664
83664
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103664
113664
123664
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304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Juliana gets around 162 mm of rain over 19.9 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 64% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
268
368
467
567
667
767
866
966
1066
1166
1266
1366
1467
1567
1667
1767
1867
1967
2066
2165
2264
2363
2462
2560
2659
2757
2856
2954
3053
3152

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

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
112673
212574
312574
412574
512574
622573
712574
812574
912574
1012673
1112673
1212673
1312673
1412673
1512673
1612673
1712772
1812772
1912871
2012871
2112970
2213069
2313168
2413267
2513366
2623365
2723464
2823563
2923662
3023761
3133859

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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
168calm
178calm
188calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:117:36
212.47:117:35
312.47:127:34
412.47:127:34
512.37:127:33
612.37:137:32
712.37:137:31
812.37:137:30
912.37:147:30
1012.27:147:29
1112.27:147:28
1212.27:157:27
1312.27:157:26
1412.27:157:26
1512.27:157:25
1612.17:167:24
1712.17:167:23
1812.17:167:22
1912.17:167:21
2012.17:177:20
2112.07:177:20
2212.07:177:19
2312.07:177:18
2412.07:187:17
2512.07:187:16
2611.97:187:15
2711.97:187:14
2811.97:197:13
2911.97:197:12
3011.97:197:12
3111.97:197:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
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215.0Bright
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275.0Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Santa Juliana

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Juliana's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Juliana?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Santa Juliana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Juliana in March

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

In March, Santa Juliana sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Juliana 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 Santa Juliana peaks around February 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 16Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Santa Juliana 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 Juliana is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1621 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug11Good
Sep22Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Juliana?

Santa Juliana sits at 19.3°S, 47.5°W, 936 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Perdizes, 25 km away.

Topography around Santa Juliana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Juliana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 969 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 779 m.

The land around Santa Juliana is covered by cropland (52%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), grassland (26%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
271 m
80 km
779 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Perdizes 25 km · Sacramento 63 km · Uberaba 65 km · Monte Carmelo 65 km · Araxá 69 km · Patrocínio 69 km · Igarapava 84 km · Uberlândia 90 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 Juliana (-19.3086°, -47.5253°, elevation 936 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).