Climate averages 1991–2020

Chivacoa weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 30 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Chivacoa: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San Felipe (26 km away). In January its highs average 28.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Chivacoa, with 43 mm of rain.

Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Chivacoa ranks joint 39th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 43rd of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Chivacoa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 29 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chivacoa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chivacoa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	29.3°C21.2°C	21.2°C	30	8.5	11.612 h
February	30.4°C21.3°C	21.3°C	29	7.6	11.812 h
March	31.3°C21.7°C	21.7°C	70	10.3	12.112 h
April	30.7°C22.6°C	22.6°C	139	18.5	12.312 h
May	29.9°C22.9°C	22.9°C	166	22.8	12.613 h
June	28.9°C22.5°C	22.5°C	133	22.9	12.713 h
July	28.5°C22.1°C	22.1°C	128	24.6	12.713 h
August	29.0°C22.2°C	22.2°C	105	23.1	12.512 h
September	29.7°C22.5°C	22.5°C	115	22.4	12.212 h
October	29.9°C22.6°C	22.6°C	153	24.3	11.912 h
November	29.3°C22.5°C	22.5°C	129	21.0	11.712 h
December	28.9°C21.8°C	21.8°C	61	13.5	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

Distance from Chivacoa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chivacoa) is explained once on the Chivacoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.