Valença do Piauí weather in March

In March, Valença do Piauí sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 218 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 7% 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 Valença do Piauí's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valença do Piauí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
218 mm
23.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:55 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Valença do Piauí 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 Valença do Piauí reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°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)
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How March really feels in Valença do Piauí

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.

Valença do Piauí weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°19620.312.33.1
Feb31° / 22°18919.912.23.2
Mar31° / 22°21823.5123.2
Apr31° / 22°13716.611.93.7
May32° / 23°476.811.74.4
Jun32° / 22°81.211.64.8
Jul33° / 22°40.611.74.6
Aug34° / 22°10.211.83.9
Sep36° / 24°30.3122.9
Oct36° / 25°14212.12.4
Nov35° / 25°345.912.32.6
Dec34° / 24°7310.212.43.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52872
62872
72872
82872
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112872
122872
132872
142674
152575
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302674
312773

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Valença do Piauí gets around 218 mm of rain over 23.5 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 75% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
371
471
571
671
772
872
972
1072
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1273
1373
1474
1575
1676
1777
1878
1978
2079
2179
2279
2379
2479
2579
2678
2778
2877
2976
3075
3174

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
111980
211980
311980
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511980
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811980
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1011980
1111881
1201882
1301783
1401684
1501585
1601486
1701387
1801288
1901189
2001189
2101090
2201090
230991
240991
250991
2601090
2701090
2801090
2901189
3001189
3101288

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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46calm
56calm
66calm
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106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
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205calm
215calm
226calm
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246calm
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266calm
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286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

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 5:56 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:566:04
212.15:566:04
312.15:566:03
412.15:566:03
512.15:566:03
612.15:566:02
712.15:566:02
812.15:566:02
912.15:566:01
1012.15:566:01
1112.15:566:00
1212.15:566:00
1312.15:565:59
1412.15:565:59
1512.05:555:58
1612.05:555:58
1712.05:555:57
1812.05:555:57
1912.05:555:57
2012.05:555:56
2112.05:555:56
2212.05:555:55
2312.05:545:55
2412.05:545:54
2512.05:545:54
2612.05:545:53
2712.05:545:53
2812.05:545:52
2912.05:545:52
3012.05:535:51
3112.05:535:51

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.97 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 4.97 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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174.9Bright
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284.8Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Valença do Piauí

In seasonPeak

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

Valença do Piauí'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 Valença do Piauí?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Valença do Piauí.

What to pack for Valença do Piauí in March

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

In March, Valença do Piauí sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Valença do Piauí 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 Valença do Piauí peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Valença do Piauí?

Valença do Piauí sits at 6.4°S, 41.7°W, 336 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Picos, 81 km away.

Topography around Valença do Piauí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valença do Piauí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 609 m.

The land around Valença do Piauí is covered by trees (49%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and shrubs (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
322 m
80 km
609 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Picos 81 km · Oeiras 81 km · Regeneração 106 km · São Miguel do Tapuio 111 km · Água Branca 114 km · Parambu 118 km · Castelo do Piauí 123 km · Amarante 123 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 Valença do Piauí (-6.4075°, -41.7456°, elevation 336 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).