Climate averages 1991–2020
Socopó weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Socopó: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mérida, Venezuela (54 km away). In January its highs average 23.2°C, 6.2°C cooler than Socopó, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Socopó ranks 38th of 65 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Socopó is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 19 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
Socopó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 151 | 15.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 195 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 239 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 271 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 239 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 86 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.712 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
- Mérida, Venezuela in JanuaryVenezuela · 54 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in JanuaryVenezuela · 58 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Arauca in JanuaryColombia · 128 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 15 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in JanuaryVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Guanare in JanuaryVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Táriba in JanuaryVenezuela · 161 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 42 mm rain
- San Timoteo in JanuaryVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Rubio in JanuaryVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 42 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 Socopó) is explained once on the Socopó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.