Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In January its highs average 24.1°C, 5.3°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks joint 39th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 61st of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 99 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
San Carlos del Zulia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 97 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 99 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 273 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 350 | 29.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 306 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 326 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 351 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 200 | 24.2 | 11.612 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
- Ejido (approximate) in JanuaryVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 108 mm rain
- San Timoteo in JanuaryVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Machiques in JanuaryVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Cúcuta in JanuaryColombia · 137 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Socopó in JanuaryVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in JanuaryVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 27 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 San Carlos del Zulia) is explained once on the San Carlos del Zulia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.