Climate averages 1991–2020
Carúpano weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Carúpano: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porlamar (75 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, 2.3°C cooler than Carúpano, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carúpano ranks joint 45th of 65 for the warmest January highs and joint 53rd of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Carúpano is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 30 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
Carúpano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 50 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 30 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 25 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 32 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 61 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 69 | 18.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 64 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 52 | 13.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 59 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 85 | 18.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 76 | 18.5 | 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
- Porlamar in JanuaryVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Cumaná in JanuaryVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Port of Spain in JanuaryTrinidad and Tobago · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Anaco in JanuaryVenezuela · 191 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in JanuaryVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Tucupita in JanuaryVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Saint George's in JanuaryGrenada · 225 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 47 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 Carúpano) is explained once on the Carúpano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.