Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks joint 30th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Punto Fijo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.4 mm to 2.0 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
Punto Fijo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Coro in JanuaryVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Oranjestad in JanuaryAruba · 94 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Willemstad in JanuaryCuracao · 151 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Carora in JanuaryVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in JanuaryVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Maracaibo in JanuaryVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Cabimas in JanuaryVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in JanuaryVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.7 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.