The tables below give March averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.
The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.
Northeast Brazil
March rainfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 15 |
Apodí |
9.4 |
238 |
| 13 |
Aracaju |
6.9 |
176 |
| 10 |
Campina Grande |
3.6 |
92 |
| 22 |
Fortaleza |
12.7 |
323 |
| 15 |
João Pessoa |
9.9 |
252 |
| 17 |
Maceió |
7.7 |
195 |
| 14 |
Natal |
7.7 |
196 |
| 7 |
Petrolina |
4.4 |
112 |
| 16 |
Recife |
10.1 |
257 |
| 16 |
Salvador |
6.0 |
152 |
| 16 |
São Gonçalo |
9.3 |
237 |
| 23 |
São Luis |
16.9 |
428 |
| 19 |
Teresina |
11.7 |
298 |
Southeast Brazil
Average March precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 10 |
Araçatuba |
5.6 |
141 |
| 9 |
Belo Horizonte |
5.6 |
143 |
| 6 |
Cabo Frio |
2.3 |
58 |
| 10 |
Campinas |
5.0 |
126 |
| 14 |
Campos do Jordão |
7.6 |
194 |
| 13 |
Franca |
7.5 |
190 |
| 10 |
Ilha Guaíba |
5.7 |
144 |
| 11 |
Juiz de Fora |
7.3 |
186 |
| 10 |
Mogi das Cruzes |
3.9 |
98 |
| 8 |
Rio de Janeiro |
5.3 |
136 |
| 12 |
Santos |
8.7 |
221 |
| 11 |
São José dos Campos |
5.2 |
133 |
| 11 |
São Paulo |
6.3 |
161 |
| 9 |
Sorocaba |
5.1 |
129 |
| 16 |
Ubatuba |
12.6 |
321 |
| 13 |
Uberaba |
7.4 |
187 |
| 9 |
Vitória |
4.3 |
108 |
South Brazil
Average amount of rain in March
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 10 |
Caxias do Sul |
6.3 |
161 |
| 12 |
Curitiba |
5.5 |
139 |
| 12 |
Florianópolis |
6.8 |
173 |
| 8 |
Foz do lguaçu |
6.9 |
175 |
| 11 |
Londrina |
5.4 |
137 |
| 10 |
Maringá |
6.1 |
156 |
| 11 |
Ponta Grossa |
5.9 |
149 |
| 8 |
Porto Alegre |
4.1 |
105 |
| 8 |
Rio Grande |
4.4 |
113 |
Center West Brazil
March precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 13 |
Brasília |
7.1 |
181 |
| 11 |
Campo Grande |
6.0 |
152 |
| 13 |
Cuiabá |
6.7 |
170 |
| 15 |
Goiânia |
8.1 |
207 |
| 15 |
Goiás |
9.3 |
237 |
| 15 |
Pirenópolis |
7.3 |
184 |
North Brazil
Average rainfall in March
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 26 |
Belém |
17.6 |
447 |
| 16 |
Benjamin Constant |
12.8 |
326 |
| 4 |
Boa Vista |
1.2 |
31 |
| 18 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
11.8 |
299 |
| 22 |
Macapá |
14.7 |
372 |
| 20 |
Manaus |
13.2 |
335 |
| 11 |
Palmas |
6.7 |
171 |
| 20 |
Porto Velho |
10.8 |
274 |
| 18 |
Rio Branco |
9.1 |
230 |
| 22 |
Santarém |
15.1 |
383 |
| 20 |
Taracuá |
14.7 |
372 |