Climate averages 1991–2020
Porlamar weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Porlamar: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cumaná (64 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Porlamar, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Porlamar ranks joint 52nd of 65 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 65 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 65 cities is 29.8°C; Porlamar is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 66 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
Porlamar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 11.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 18 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 27 | 8.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 42 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 36 | 10.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 42 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 66 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 60 | 15.2 | 11.511 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
- Cumaná in OctoberVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Carúpano in OctoberVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Maturín in OctoberVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Anaco in OctoberVenezuela · 182 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 79 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in OctoberVenezuela · 232 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 84 mm rain
- El Tigre in OctoberVenezuela · 234 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Zaraza in OctoberVenezuela · 239 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Port of Spain in OctoberTrinidad and Tobago · 259 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 111 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 Porlamar) is explained once on the Porlamar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.