Climate averages 1991–2020
Carúpano weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Carúpano: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porlamar (75 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 3.8°C cooler than Carúpano, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carúpano ranks 22nd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Carúpano is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 61 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
Carúpano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Porlamar in MayVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Cumaná in MayVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 190 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 191 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Saint George's in MayGrenada · 225 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 55 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.