Climate averages 1991–2020
Chivacoa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chivacoa: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Felipe (26 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Chivacoa, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Chivacoa ranks 34th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 46th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Chivacoa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 133 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
Chivacoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San Felipe in MayVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 41 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 52 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- San Carlos in MayVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in MayVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Acarigua in MayVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 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 Chivacoa) is explained once on the Chivacoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.