São Miguel weather in March

In March, São Miguel sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 192 mm of rain across 19.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 São Miguel's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see São Miguel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 192 mm; 19.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:42 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in São Miguel reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
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10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
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17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How March really feels in São Miguel

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

São Miguel weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 23°	127	14.1	12.3	3.4
Feb	31° / 22°	147	15.8	12.2	3.5
Mar	31° / 22°	192	19.5	12	3.6
Apr	30° / 22°	156	17.6	11.9	3.9
May	30° / 22°	91	11.6	11.7	4.7
Jun	30° / 21°	35	6.4	11.6	5.4
Jul	31° / 20°	20	3.5	11.7	5.6
Aug	32° / 20°	7	1	11.8	5.1
Sep	33° / 21°	3	0.6	12	4.3
Oct	34° / 22°	13	1	12.1	3.7
Nov	34° / 23°	6	1.4	12.3	3.6
Dec	34° / 23°	28	4.8	12.4	3.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	44	45	44	45	45	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	43	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	56	55	56	55	55	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	57	58	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

São Miguel gets around 192 mm of rain over 19.5 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 62% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	59
13	60
14	61
15	62
16	63
17	64
18	65
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	68
30	68
31	67

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Muggy (%)	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26
Oppressive (%)	49	50	50	51	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	59	60	61	63	64	64	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	71	73	73	73	73	72	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	43	49
2	8	42	50
3	8	42	50
4	8	41	51
5	8	41	51
6	8	40	52
7	8	39	53
8	7	39	54
9	7	38	55
10	7	37	56
11	7	36	57
12	6	35	59
13	6	34	60
14	6	33	61
15	5	32	63
16	5	31	64
17	5	31	64
18	4	30	66
19	4	29	67
20	4	28	68
21	3	28	69
22	3	27	70
23	3	27	70
24	3	26	71
25	3	26	71
26	2	25	73
27	2	25	73
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	26	72
31	2	26	72

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	8	calm

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 5:43 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:43	5:51
2	12.1	5:43	5:51
3	12.1	5:43	5:50
4	12.1	5:43	5:50
5	12.1	5:43	5:50
6	12.1	5:43	5:49
7	12.1	5:43	5:49
8	12.1	5:43	5:48
9	12.1	5:43	5:48
10	12.1	5:43	5:48
11	12.1	5:43	5:47
12	12.1	5:43	5:47
13	12.1	5:43	5:46
14	12.1	5:43	5:46
15	12.0	5:42	5:45
16	12.0	5:42	5:45
17	12.0	5:42	5:44
18	12.0	5:42	5:44
19	12.0	5:42	5:44
20	12.0	5:42	5:43
21	12.0	5:42	5:43
22	12.0	5:42	5:42
23	12.0	5:41	5:42
24	12.0	5:41	5:41
25	12.0	5:41	5:41
26	12.0	5:41	5:40
27	12.0	5:41	5:40
28	12.0	5:41	5:39
29	12.0	5:41	5:39
30	12.0	5:40	5:38
31	12.0	5:40	5:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for São Miguel

In seasonPeak

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

São Miguel'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 São Miguel?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in São Miguel.

What to pack for São Miguel in March

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

In March, São Miguel sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in São Miguel 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 São Miguel peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	15	13	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is São Miguel?

São Miguel sits at 6.2°S, 38.5°W, 682 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pereiro, 19 km away.

Topography around São Miguel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around São Miguel has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 675 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 818 m.

The land around São Miguel is covered by shrubs (45%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, shrubs (55%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

263 m

shrubs 45%

16 km

675 m

shrubs 55%

80 km

818 m

shrubs 59%

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← February São Miguel year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Pereiro 19 km · Pau dos Ferros 34 km · Jaguaribe 38 km · Icó 46 km · Orós 46 km · São João do Rio do Peixe 58 km · Sousa 68 km · Jaguaretama 73 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

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 São Miguel (-6.2119°, -38.4969°, elevation 682 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
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16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
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20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	59
13	60
14	61
15	62
16	63
17	64
18	65
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	68
30	68
31	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	43	49
2	8	42	50
3	8	42	50
4	8	41	51
5	8	41	51
6	8	40	52
7	8	39	53
8	7	39	54
9	7	38	55
10	7	37	56
11	7	36	57
12	6	35	59
13	6	34	60
14	6	33	61
15	5	32	63
16	5	31	64
17	5	31	64
18	4	30	66
19	4	29	67
20	4	28	68
21	3	28	69
22	3	27	70
23	3	27	70
24	3	26	71
25	3	26	71
26	2	25	73
27	2	25	73
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	26	72
31	2	26	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	59
13	60
14	61
15	62
16	63
17	64
18	65
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	68
30	68
31	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	43	49
2	8	42	50
3	8	42	50
4	8	41	51
5	8	41	51
6	8	40	52
7	8	39	53
8	7	39	54
9	7	38	55
10	7	37	56
11	7	36	57
12	6	35	59
13	6	34	60
14	6	33	61
15	5	32	63
16	5	31	64
17	5	31	64
18	4	30	66
19	4	29	67
20	4	28	68
21	3	28	69
22	3	27	70
23	3	27	70
24	3	26	71
25	3	26	71
26	2	25	73
27	2	25	73
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	26	72
31	2	26	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	55
7	55
8	56
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	59
13	60
14	61
15	62
16	63
17	64
18	65
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	69
26	69
27	69
28	69
29	68
30	68
31	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	8	43	49
2	8	42	50
3	8	42	50
4	8	41	51
5	8	41	51
6	8	40	52
7	8	39	53
8	7	39	54
9	7	38	55
10	7	37	56
11	7	36	57
12	6	35	59
13	6	34	60
14	6	33	61
15	5	32	63
16	5	31	64
17	5	31	64
18	4	30	66
19	4	29	67
20	4	28	68
21	3	28	69
22	3	27	70
23	3	27	70
24	3	26	71
25	3	26	71
26	2	25	73
27	2	25	73
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	26	72
31	2	26	72