Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In October its highs average 32.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks joint 8th of 65 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 65 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 65 cities is 29.8°C; Punto Fijo is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 63 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Coro in OctoberVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Oranjestad in OctoberAruba · 94 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Willemstad in OctoberCuracao · 151 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Carora in OctoberVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in OctoberVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Maracaibo in OctoberVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Cabimas in OctoberVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in OctoberVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 55 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.