Climate averages 1991–2020
Oranjestad weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Oranjestad: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (94 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, 3.1°C warmer than Oranjestad, with 3.4 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Oranjestad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 31 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 26 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 110 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 14.5 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Punto Fijo in JanuaryVenezuela · 94 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Coro in JanuaryVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Willemstad in JanuaryCuracao · 132 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Kralendijk in JanuaryBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba · 196 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JanuaryVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Carora in JanuaryVenezuela · 262 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 271 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Maicao in JanuaryColombia · 272 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Oranjestad) is explained once on the Oranjestad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.