Climate averages 1991–2020
Biruaca weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Biruaca: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Fernando de Apure (7 km away). In May its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Biruaca, with 243 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Biruaca ranks joint 24th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 58th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Biruaca is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 246 mm to 265 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
Biruaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 21 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 114 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 246 | 22.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 265 | 25.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 272 | 27.7 | 12.513 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 246 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 195 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 155 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 81 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 20 | 4.4 | 11.712 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
- San Fernando de Apure in MayVenezuela · 7 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 243 mm rain
- Calabozo in MayVenezuela · 120 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in MayVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- San Juan de los Morros in MayVenezuela · 231 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 mm rain
- San Carlos in MayVenezuela · 234 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Puerto Ayacucho in MayVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 455 mm rain
- Villa de Cura in MayVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 159 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in MayVenezuela · 246 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 143 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 Biruaca) is explained once on the Biruaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.