Climate averages 1991–2020
San Felipe weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the coolest 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 Felipe: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chivacoa (26 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than San Felipe, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Felipe ranks 48th of 65 for the warmest January highs and 51st of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; San Felipe is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 42 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 Felipe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 43 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 42 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 89 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 170 | 19.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 123 | 23.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 21.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 93 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 132 | 23.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 15.1 | 11.512 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
- Chivacoa in JanuaryVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Yaritagua in JanuaryVenezuela · 51 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in JanuaryVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cabudare in JanuaryVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in JanuaryVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in JanuaryVenezuela · 74 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- San Carlos in JanuaryVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Puerto Cabello in JanuaryVenezuela · 81 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 39 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 Felipe) is explained once on the San Felipe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.