Climate averages 1991–2020
Acarigua weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Acarigua: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (53 km away). In January its highs average 30.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Acarigua, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Acarigua ranks joint 16th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Acarigua is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 9.5 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
Acarigua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 33 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 121 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 197 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 228 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 142 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 115 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 107 | 21.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 78 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 31 | 7.5 | 11.612 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
- Los Rastrojos in JanuaryVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cabudare in JanuaryVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Yaritagua in JanuaryVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in JanuaryVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- San Carlos in JanuaryVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 9.1 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in JanuaryVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Chivacoa in JanuaryVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Guanare in JanuaryVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 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 Acarigua) is explained once on the Acarigua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.