Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In October its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Machiques, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks joint 8th of 65 for the warmest October highs and joint 55th of 65 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 65 cities is 29.8°C; Machiques is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 209 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- La Villa del Rosario in OctoberVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Valledupar in OctoberColombia · 89 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 315 mm rain
- La Concepción in OctoberVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in OctoberVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Maracaibo in OctoberVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Cabimas in OctoberVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in OctoberVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in OctoberVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 351 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.