Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabimas weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cabimas: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción, Venezuela (26 km away). In January its highs average 32.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Cabimas, with 5.8 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cabimas ranks joint 19th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 36th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Cabimas is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 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
Cabimas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 153 | 20.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 271 | 28.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 210 | 27.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 208 | 28.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 236 | 30.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 233 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 249 | 29.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 188 | 25.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 62 | 13.3 | 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
- Concepción, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in JanuaryVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JanuaryVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- La Concepción in JanuaryVenezuela · 49 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- San Timoteo in JanuaryVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in JanuaryVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 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 Cabimas) is explained once on the Cabimas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.