Xique-Xique weather in March

In March, Xique-Xique sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 89 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Xique-Xique's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Xique-Xique's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:58 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
61%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Xique-Xique 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 33°C through the month.

A typical March day in Xique-Xique reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°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 Xique-Xique

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.

Xique-Xique weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°1021012.63.5
Feb33° / 23°709.412.43.4
Mar33° / 23°891012.13.5
Apr33° / 23°385.311.83.8
May33° / 22°81.411.54.3
Jun32° / 21°00.111.45.1
Jul32° / 20°0011.45.4
Aug33° / 20°0011.64.7
Sep35° / 21°10.311.93.5
Oct35° / 23°182.512.22.8
Nov34° / 24°767.212.53.2
Dec33° / 23°798.412.63.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24852
34951
44951
54951
64951
74951
84951
94951
104951
115050
124951
134951
145050
155050
164951
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224951
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245050
255050
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275149
285149
295248
305347
315347

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Xique-Xique gets around 89 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
533
633
733
833
933
1033
1133
1233
1333
1433
1533
1633
1733
1833
1933
2033
2133
2232
2332
2432
2531
2631
2731
2830
2930
3029
3129

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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 67% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
109263926
209263827
3010263727
4010263628
5010263529
6010263429
7110263330
8110263330
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1418243532
1518243632
1617233732
1717233732
1816233832
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2006233932
2106233932
2206234031
2305234031
2405244031
2505243931
2605253930
2705253930
2816263830
2916263830
3016263829
3116263829

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
2810calm
2910calm
3010calm
3110calm

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 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 5:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:576:11
212.25:586:10
312.25:586:10
412.25:586:09
512.25:586:09
612.25:586:08
712.25:586:08
812.25:586:07
912.15:586:07
1012.15:586:06
1112.15:586:06
1212.15:586:05
1312.15:586:05
1412.15:586:04
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1712.15:586:02
1812.15:586:02
1912.05:586:01
2012.05:586:00
2112.05:586:00
2212.05:585:59
2312.05:585:59
2412.05:585:58
2512.05:585:57
2612.05:585:57
2712.05:585:56
2812.05:585:55
2911.95:585:55
3011.95:585:54
3111.95:585:53

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
86.1Intense
96.1Intense
106.1Intense
116.1Intense
126.1Intense
136.0Intense
146.0Intense
156.0Intense
166.0Bright
176.0Bright
186.0Bright
195.9Bright
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Xique-Xique?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Xique-Xique. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Xique-Xique in March

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

In March, Xique-Xique sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Xique-Xique 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 Xique-Xique peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Xique-Xique?

Xique-Xique sits at 10.8°S, 42.7°W, 406 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Barra, 54 km away.

Topography around Xique-Xique

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Xique-Xique has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 404 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,041 m.

The land around Xique-Xique is covered by shrubs (40%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (72%) within 16 km, and shrubs (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
135 m
80 km
1,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Barra 54 km · Central 76 km · Jussara 86 km · Pilão Arcado 95 km · Presidente Dutra 97 km · Buritirama 99 km · São Gabriel 103 km · Irecê 109 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 Xique-Xique (-10.8229°, -42.7281°, elevation 406 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).