Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Ayacucho weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Puerto Ayacucho: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biruaca (243 km away). In January its highs average 33.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Puerto Ayacucho, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho ranks joint 11th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Puerto Ayacucho is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Puerto Ayacucho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 12.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 318 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 455 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 494 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 449 | 30.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 350 | 29.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 300 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 296 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 231 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 14.3 | 11.812 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
January in nearby cities
- Biruaca in JanuaryVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- San Fernando de Apure in JanuaryVenezuela · 248 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Calabozo in JanuaryVenezuela · 363 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Arauca in JanuaryColombia · 385 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in JanuaryVenezuela · 432 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Guanare in JanuaryVenezuela · 444 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Socopó in JanuaryVenezuela · 458 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 11 mm rain
- San Carlos in JanuaryVenezuela · 459 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 9.1 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 Puerto Ayacucho) is explained once on the Puerto Ayacucho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.