Climate averages 1991–2020
San Felipe weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Felipe: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 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 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chivacoa (26 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as San Felipe, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Felipe ranks 35th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 47th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; San Felipe is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 130 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 Felipe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chivacoa in MayVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Yaritagua in MayVenezuela · 51 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in MayVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Cabudare in MayVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in MayVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in MayVenezuela · 74 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 66 mm rain
- San Carlos in MayVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 194 mm rain
- Puerto Cabello in MayVenezuela · 81 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 134 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.