Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In May its highs average 33.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks joint 11th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Punto Fijo is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Coro in MayVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Oranjestad in MayAruba · 94 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Willemstad in MayCuracao · 151 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Carora in MayVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in MayVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Maracaibo in MayVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Cabimas in MayVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 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.