Climate averages 1991–2020
Kralendijk weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kralendijk: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Willemstad (67 km away). In January its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Kralendijk, with 46 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 16 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
Kralendijk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 35 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 15 | 4.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 27 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 33 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 47 | 11.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 57 | 13.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 56 | 13.2 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 74 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 114 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 137 | 20.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 76 | 15.6 | 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
- Willemstad in JanuaryCuracao · 67 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Coro in JanuaryVenezuela · 174 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Puerto Cabello in JanuaryVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Oranjestad in JanuaryAruba · 196 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 31 mm rain
- San Felipe in JanuaryVenezuela · 208 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Mariara in JanuaryVenezuela · 215 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Punto Fijo in JanuaryVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Guacara in JanuaryVenezuela · 218 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 67 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 Kralendijk) is explained once on the Kralendijk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.