Climate averages 1991–2020
Cumaná weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cumaná: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porlamar (64 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, 2.3°C cooler than Cumaná, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cumaná ranks joint 45th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Cumaná is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.8 mm to 3.1 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
Cumaná 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°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 38 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 90 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 71 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 59 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.8 | 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 · 64 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Carúpano in JanuaryVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Anaco in JanuaryVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- El Tigre in JanuaryVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in JanuaryVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Zaraza in JanuaryVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in JanuaryVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.0 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 Cumaná) is explained once on the Cumaná year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.