Climate averages 1991–2020

La Victoria weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 20 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in La Victoria · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in La Victoria: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Turmero (16 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than La Victoria, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, La Victoria ranks 42nd of 65 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; La Victoria is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 19 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

La Victoria climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for La Victoria, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 29.0°C19.9°C19.9°C206.811.612 h
February 29.9°C20.1°C20.1°C195.611.812 h
March 30.8°C20.8°C20.8°C417.712.112 h
April 30.2°C21.7°C21.7°C10816.212.312 h
May 29.4°C21.8°C21.8°C14021.212.613 h
June 28.4°C21.3°C21.3°C13522.912.713 h
July 28.0°C21.0°C21.0°C13725.012.713 h
August 28.1°C21.0°C21.0°C13926.712.512 h
September 28.8°C21.3°C21.3°C11923.012.212 h
October 29.0°C21.5°C21.5°C11322.311.912 h
November 28.5°C21.2°C21.2°C9619.411.712 h
December 28.5°C20.4°C20.4°C3510.611.512 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

Distance from La Victoria

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for La Victoria) is explained once on the La Victoria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.