Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In February its highs average 33.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Machiques, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks joint 17th of 65 for the warmest February highs and joint 27th of 65 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 65 cities is 30.4°C; Machiques is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- La Villa del Rosario in FebruaryVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Valledupar in FebruaryColombia · 89 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 36 mm rain
- La Concepción in FebruaryVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in FebruaryVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Maracaibo in FebruaryVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Cabimas in FebruaryVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in FebruaryVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in FebruaryVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 99 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.