Climate averages 1991–2020
Maturín weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Maturín: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carúpano (103 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Maturín, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Maturín ranks 13th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Maturín is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 134 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
Maturín climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 39 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 29 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 28 | 9.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 85 | 17.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 25.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 127 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 121 | 25.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 97 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 84 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 21.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 68 | 18.6 | 11.612 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
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Cumaná in MayVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 144 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 151 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Porlamar in MayVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in MayVenezuela · 166 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 106 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 Maturín) is explained once on the Maturín year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.