Climate averages 1991–2020
El Tocuyo weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in El Tocuyo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carora (53 km away). In May its highs average 33.1°C, 4.2°C warmer than El Tocuyo, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, El Tocuyo ranks joint 46th of 65 for the warmest May highs and joint 33rd of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; El Tocuyo is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 96 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
El Tocuyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Carora in MayVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 57 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Acarigua in MayVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Guanare in MayVenezuela · 83 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MayVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 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.