Climate averages 1991–2020
Carora weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Carora: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Tocuyo (53 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 4.2°C cooler than Carora, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carora ranks 3rd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Carora is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 15 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
Carora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- El Tocuyo in MayVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 105 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- San Timoteo in MayVenezuela · 116 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 263 mm rain
- Acarigua in MayVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MayVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 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.