Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In April its highs average 33.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Machiques, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks 21st of 65 for the warmest April highs and joint 28th of 65 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 65 cities is 30.8°C; Machiques is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Machiques climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 94 | 21.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 95 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 33.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 101 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 111 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 25.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 209 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 32 | 7.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- La Villa del Rosario in AprilVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 89 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 247 mm rain
- La Concepción in AprilVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AprilVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AprilVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Cabimas in AprilVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AprilVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 58 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AprilVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 273 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 Machiques) is explained once on the Machiques year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.