Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In February its highs average 31.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 8.6 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks joint 39th of 65 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 65 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 65 cities is 30.4°C; Punto Fijo is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 3.1 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Punto Fijo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| February, selected | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 28 | 3.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 5.6 | 0.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 33.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 14 | 3.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 50 | 8.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 74 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 63 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 18 | 4.1 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Coro in FebruaryVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Oranjestad in FebruaryAruba · 94 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Willemstad in FebruaryCuracao · 151 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Carora in FebruaryVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in FebruaryVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Maracaibo in FebruaryVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Cabimas in FebruaryVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in FebruaryVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 7.2 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 Punto Fijo) is explained once on the Punto Fijo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.