Climate averages 1991–2020
El Tocuyo weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in El Tocuyo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carora (53 km away). In January its highs average 32.5°C, 3.0°C warmer than El Tocuyo, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, El Tocuyo ranks joint 36th of 65 for the warmest January highs and joint 46th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; El Tocuyo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 46 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
El Tocuyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 39 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 46 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 171 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 143 | 21.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 96 | 18.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 73 | 17.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 53 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 75 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 15.7 | 11.612 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
- Carora in JanuaryVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in JanuaryVenezuela · 57 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cabudare in JanuaryVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in JanuaryVenezuela · 66 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Acarigua in JanuaryVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Yaritagua in JanuaryVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Guanare in JanuaryVenezuela · 83 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Chivacoa in JanuaryVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 30 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 El Tocuyo) is explained once on the El Tocuyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.