Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabimas weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cabimas: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 271 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción, Venezuela (26 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Cabimas, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cabimas ranks 27th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 63rd of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Cabimas is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 271 mm to 210 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
Cabimas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Concepción, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in MayVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 269 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MayVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MayVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 150 mm rain
- La Concepción in MayVenezuela · 49 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 122 mm rain
- San Timoteo in MayVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in MayVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Machiques in MayVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 155 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.