Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In May its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Machiques, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks joint 14th of 65 for the warmest May highs and joint 41st of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Machiques is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 94 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
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 | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- La Villa del Rosario in MayVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Valledupar in MayColombia · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 336 mm rain
- La Concepción in MayVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MayVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Cabimas in MayVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MayVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 150 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in MayVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 350 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.