Santa Quitéria weather in March

In March, Santa Quitéria sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 197 mm of rain across 22.2 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Santa Quitéria's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Quitéria's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
197 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:49 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Santa Quitéria 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Santa Quitéria reaches about 32°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 35°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)
13223
23223
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43223
53223
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How March really feels in Santa Quitéria

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 Quitéria 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
Jan34° / 24°1031512.22.8
Feb32° / 24°13017.512.12.9
Mar32° / 23°19722.2122.9
Apr31° / 23°1952111.93.1
May32° / 23°7811.811.83.9
Jun32° / 23°235.111.84.4
Jul33° / 23°132.311.84.4
Aug34° / 23°50.611.93.8
Sep35° / 24°10.2123.2
Oct36° / 24°50.412.12.7
Nov36° / 24°50.912.22.6
Dec35° / 25°233.912.22.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33268
43169
53268
63169
73169
83169
93169
103070
113070
123169
133070
142971
152971
162872
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202674
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302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Santa Quitéria gets around 197 mm of rain over 22.2 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 72% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
164
264
365
465
565
666
766
867
968
1068
1169
1269
1370
1471
1571
1672
1773
1874
1975
2075
2176
2276
2377
2478
2578
2679
2779
2879
2979
3079
3178

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1014860
2014860
3114850
4114850
5114850
6113860
7113860
8113860
9112870
10012880
11012880
12011890
13011881
14010891
15010891
1609901
1708911
1808911
1907921
2006931
2106922
2205932
2305932
2404942
2503952
2603952
2702962
2802962
2901972
3001963
3101963

Wind in March

Winds average 7 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:515:57
212.15:515:56
312.15:515:56
412.15:515:56
512.15:515:55
612.15:515:55
712.15:515:55
812.15:515:54
912.15:505:54
1012.15:505:54
1112.05:505:53
1212.05:505:53
1312.05:505:52
1412.05:505:52
1512.05:505:52
1612.05:495:51
1712.05:495:51
1812.05:495:50
1912.05:495:50
2012.05:495:49
2112.05:495:49
2212.05:485:49
2312.05:485:48
2412.05:485:48
2512.05:485:47
2612.05:485:47
2712.05:475:46
2812.05:475:46
2912.05:475:46
3012.05:475:45
3112.05:475:45

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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95.4Bright
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135.4Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
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185.2Bright
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205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Santa Quitéria

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Quitéria'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 Santa Quitéria?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa Quitéria in March

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

In March, Santa Quitéria sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Quitéria 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 Santa Quitéria peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Quitéria?

Santa Quitéria sits at 4.3°S, 40.2°W, 198 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Hidrolândia, 29 km away.

Topography around Santa Quitéria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Quitéria has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 204 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,069 m.

The land around Santa Quitéria is covered by grassland (59%) and shrubs (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
636 m
80 km
1,069 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Hidrolândia 29 km · Varjota 39 km · Reriutaba 52 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 52 km · Cariré 55 km · Tamboril 59 km · Forquilha 60 km · Nova Russas 61 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 Quitéria (-4.3319°, -40.1567°, elevation 198 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).