Climate averages 1991–2020
La Villa del Rosario weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in La Villa del Rosario: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (39 km away). In January its highs average 32.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than La Villa del Rosario, with 8.7 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, La Villa del Rosario ranks 6th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; La Villa del Rosario is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 7.7 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
La Villa del Rosario climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 7.7 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 23 | 5.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 65 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 135 | 21.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 106 | 19.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 104 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 111 | 21.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 109 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 150 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 131 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- La Concepción in JanuaryVenezuela · 61 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 69 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 84 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Cabimas in JanuaryVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JanuaryVenezuela · 97 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 104 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in JanuaryVenezuela · 110 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 27 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 La Villa del Rosario) is explained once on the La Villa del Rosario year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.