Climate averages 1991–2020
Petare weather
in May.
A hot, 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 Petare: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caracas (8 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Petare, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Petare ranks joint 49th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Petare is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 118 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
Petare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 61 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 54 | 12.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 96 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 128 | 23.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 152 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 154 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 179 | 25.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 172 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 19.6 | 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
- Caracas in MayVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Baruta in MayVenezuela · 9 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Guarenas in MayVenezuela · 21 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Guatire in MayVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Los Teques in MayVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in MayVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Cúa in MayVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 126 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in MayVenezuela · 40 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 205 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 Petare) is explained once on the Petare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.