Climate averages 1991–2020
Port of Spain weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Port of Spain: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint George's (156 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Port of Spain, with 47 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 21 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
Port of Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 10.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 21 | 6.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 19 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 23 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 46 | 9.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 103 | 19.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 125 | 24.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 135 | 25.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 101 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 111 | 21.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 124 | 22.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 85 | 17.1 | 11.512 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
- Saint George's in JanuaryGrenada · 156 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Tucupita in JanuaryVenezuela · 188 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Carúpano in JanuaryVenezuela · 190 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 209 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Porlamar in JanuaryVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Kingstown in JanuarySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · 279 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in JanuaryVenezuela · 285 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Cumaná in JanuaryVenezuela · 292 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.8 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 Port of Spain) is explained once on the Port of Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.