Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in San Carlos: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tinaquillo (42 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than San Carlos, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos ranks 5th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; San Carlos is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.1 mm to 7.8 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.1 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 26 | 4.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 106 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 194 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 193 | 24.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 180 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 157 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 130 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 126 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 96 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 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
- Tinaquillo in JanuaryVenezuela · 42 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Chivacoa in JanuaryVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Acarigua in JanuaryVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Yaritagua in JanuaryVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 11 mm rain
- San Felipe in JanuaryVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in JanuaryVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cabudare in JanuaryVenezuela · 84 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Valencia, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 85 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 67 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) is explained once on the San Carlos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.