Climate averages 1991–2020
Acarigua weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Acarigua: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (53 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Acarigua, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Acarigua ranks 41st of 65 for the warmest May highs and 50th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Acarigua is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 228 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- San Carlos in MayVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in MayVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MayVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Guanare in MayVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 239 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.