Climate averages 1991–2020
Coro weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Coro: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (65 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Coro, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Coro ranks 2nd of 65 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Coro is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 20 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
Coro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 10 | 2.9 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 10 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 33.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 35.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 32 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 85 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 105 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 90 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 29 | 7.2 | 11.511 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
- Punto Fijo in MayVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Willemstad in MayCuracao · 117 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Oranjestad in MayAruba · 130 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Carora in MayVenezuela · 144 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 153 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- San Felipe in MayVenezuela · 157 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 160 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 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 Coro) is explained once on the Coro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.