Santa Maria da Boa Vista weather in March

In March, Santa Maria da Boa Vista sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 92 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-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 28% 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Maria da Boa Vista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:47 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Santa Maria da Boa Vista 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 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santa Maria da Boa Vista reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Santa Maria da Boa Vista

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 Maria da Boa Vista weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°769.212.53.2
Feb33° / 23°7510.112.33.2
Mar33° / 23°9211.612.13.3
Apr33° / 23°518.111.83.8
May32° / 22°214.711.64.6
Jun30° / 21°82.111.55.6
Jul30° / 20°51.211.55.9
Aug31° / 20°30.611.75.4
Sep33° / 21°20.411.94.4
Oct35° / 22°6112.23.4
Nov35° / 23°193.112.43.0
Dec35° / 24°414.712.53.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25149
35149
45149
55248
65248
75248
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105149
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Maria da Boa Vista gets around 92 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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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 5:47 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:475:58
212.25:475:58
312.25:475:57
412.25:475:57
512.25:475:56
612.15:475:56
712.15:475:55
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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 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
135.9Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Santa Maria da Boa Vista?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Maria da Boa Vista.

What to pack for Santa Maria da Boa Vista in March

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

In March, Santa Maria da Boa Vista sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Maria da Boa Vista 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 Maria da Boa Vista peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Maria da Boa Vista?

Santa Maria da Boa Vista sits at 8.8°S, 39.8°W, 351 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Curaçá, 22 km away.

Topography around Santa Maria da Boa Vista

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Maria da Boa Vista.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Maria da Boa Vista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 361 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m.

The land around Santa Maria da Boa Vista is covered by shrubs (47%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
270 m
80 km
521 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Curaçá 22 km · Lagoa Grande 53 km · Cabrobó 65 km · Abaré 79 km · Parnamirim 84 km · Belém de São Francisco 95 km · Petrolina 99 km · Juazeiro 100 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 Maria da Boa Vista (-8.8078°, -39.8256°, elevation 351 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).