Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 351 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In October its highs average 25.3°C, 5.2°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks 27th of 65 for the warmest October highs and 65th of 65 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 65 cities is 29.8°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 351 mm to 331 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ejido (approximate) in OctoberVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in OctoberVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 200 mm rain
- San Timoteo in OctoberVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 240 mm rain
- Táriba in OctoberVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Machiques in OctoberVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Cúcuta in OctoberColombia · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Socopó in OctoberVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in OctoberVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 239 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.