Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in San Carlos: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 194 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tinaquillo (42 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than San Carlos, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos ranks 31st of 65 for the warmest May highs and 48th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; San Carlos is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 194 mm to 193 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
San Carlos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tinaquillo in MayVenezuela · 42 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Chivacoa in MayVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Acarigua in MayVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- San Felipe in MayVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 84 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Valencia, Venezuela in MayVenezuela · 85 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 255 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.