Climate averages 1991–2020
Petare weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Petare: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caracas (8 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Petare, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Petare ranks joint 55th of 65 for the warmest October highs and 49th of 65 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 65 cities is 29.8°C; Petare is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 172 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Caracas in OctoberVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 214 mm rain
- Baruta in OctoberVenezuela · 9 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Guarenas in OctoberVenezuela · 21 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Guatire in OctoberVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Los Teques in OctoberVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in OctoberVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Cúa in OctoberVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in OctoberVenezuela · 40 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 224 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.