Climate averages 1991–2020
Carora weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Carora: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Tocuyo (53 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, 3.0°C cooler than Carora, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carora ranks joint 7th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Carora is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.1 mm to 7.6 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
Carora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 7.6 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 38 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 66 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 57 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 14 | 3.0 | 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
- El Tocuyo in JanuaryVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in JanuaryVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cabudare in JanuaryVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in JanuaryVenezuela · 93 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Yaritagua in JanuaryVenezuela · 105 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 11 mm rain
- San Timoteo in JanuaryVenezuela · 116 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Acarigua in JanuaryVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Chivacoa in JanuaryVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 30 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 Carora) is explained once on the Carora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.