Sobral weather in March

In March, Sobral sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 177 mm of rain across 23.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 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 Sobral's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sobral's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
177 mm
23.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:50 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Sobral 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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Sobral reaches about 31°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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Sobral

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.

Sobral weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°9515.512.23.0
Feb32° / 24°12218.612.13.1
Mar31° / 23°17723.7123.0
Apr31° / 23°18722.211.93.2
May31° / 23°8213.111.84.0
Jun32° / 23°225.211.84.5
Jul33° / 23°142.511.84.5
Aug34° / 23°40.511.94.0
Sep35° / 24°10.2123.4
Oct35° / 24°30.512.13.0
Nov35° / 24°50.712.23.0
Dec34° / 24°224.712.23.1

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 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
22971
32872
42872
52872
62773
72773
82872
92773
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112773
122773
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sobral gets around 177 mm of rain over 23.7 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 77% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
270
370
470
571
671
771
872
972
1073
1173
1274
1374
1475
1576
1677
1777
1878
1979
2079
2180
2281
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2482
2582
2683
2783
2883
2983
3083
3182

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16913
26913
37903
47903
57903
66913
76913
86913
96913
106913
116913
125914
135914
145914
154924
164924
174924
183934
193934
203934
212944
222944
232944
242935
251945
261945
271945
281945
290955
300955
310955

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
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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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 5:52 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:525:57
212.15:525:57
312.15:525:56
412.15:525:56
512.15:525:56
612.15:525:55
712.15:525:55
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912.05:515:54
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2012.05:505:50
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2912.05:485:46
3012.05:475:46
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
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125.3Bright
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255.0Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Sobral

In seasonPeak

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

Sobral'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 Sobral?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sobral.

What to pack for Sobral in March

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

In March, Sobral sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sobral 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 Sobral peaks around March 16 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 16UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Sobral 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 Sobral is worst in December — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1017 µg/m³Jul 216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun7Good
Jul6Good
Aug6Good
Sep7Good
Oct10Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sobral?

Sobral sits at 3.7°S, 40.3°W, 75 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Forquilha, 16 km away.

Topography around Sobral

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sobral has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 952 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,007 m.

The land around Sobral is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (57%), grassland (22%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
952 m
80 km
1,007 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Forquilha 16 km · Massapê 18 km · Meruoca 20 km · Santana do Acaraú 29 km · Cariré 32 km · Coreaú 37 km · Frecheirinha 52 km · Morrinhos 57 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 Sobral (-3.6861°, -40.3497°, elevation 75 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).