Sumé weather in March

In March, Sumé sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 51 mm of rain across 8.5 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Sumé's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sumé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:36 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
58%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Sumé 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 Sumé reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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23221
33221
43322
53322
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83322
93222
103222
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303222
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How March really feels in Sumé

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.

Sumé 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
Jan33° / 21°405.412.44.1
Feb32° / 21°356.112.34.1
Mar32° / 22°518.512.14.0
Apr31° / 21°467.211.84.5
May30° / 21°27611.75.3
Jun29° / 19°21411.66.3
Jul28° / 19°11311.66.7
Aug29° / 18°51.311.76.4
Sep31° / 19°20.5125.6
Oct33° / 20°30.512.24.7
Nov33° / 20°60.812.44.4
Dec33° / 21°111.412.44.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25446
35446
45545
55545
65545
75545
85446
95446
105446
115446
125545
135446
145446
155446
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sumé gets around 51 mm of rain over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
120
220
320
421
521
622
723
824
925
1025
1126
1227
1327
1428
1529
1629
1730
1830
1931
2031
2130
2230
2330
2430
2529
2629
2729
2828
2928
3027
3127

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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 64% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1243532
2242542
3242542
4241552
5241552
6240562
7239563
8338563
9337573
10236593
11235603
12235603
13234604
14233614
15232624
16132625
17131635
18131635
19131626
20131626
21130636
22130627
23130627
24130627
25130618
26130618
27130618
28130618
29131608
30131608
31131608

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
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2013light breeze
2113light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

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 5:36 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:365:46
212.25:365:45
312.15:365:45
412.15:365:44
512.15:365:44
612.15:365:43
712.15:365:43
812.15:365:43
912.15:365:42
1012.15:365:42
1112.15:365:41
1212.15:365:41
1312.15:365:40
1412.15:365:40
1512.15:365:39
1612.15:365:39
1712.05:365:38
1812.05:355:38
1912.05:355:37
2012.05:355:37
2112.05:355:36
2212.05:355:36
2312.05:355:35
2412.05:355:35
2512.05:355:34
2612.05:355:33
2712.05:355:33
2812.05:345:32
2912.05:345:32
3012.05:345:31
3111.95:345:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 6.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Sumé?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Sumé for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sumé in March

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

In March, Sumé sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Sumé 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 Sumé peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Sumé?

Sumé sits at 7.7°S, 36.9°W, 518 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Monteiro, 36 km away.

Topography around Sumé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sumé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 535 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Sumé is covered by shrubs (49%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (80%) within 16 km, and shrubs (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
953 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Monteiro 36 km · São José do Egito 48 km · Jataúba 55 km · Sertânia 62 km · Tabira 73 km · Brejo da Madre de Deus 77 km · Pesqueira 79 km · Santa Cruz do Capibaribe 81 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 Sumé (-7.6717°, -36.88°, elevation 518 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).