Climate averages 1991–2020
Tucupita weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tucupita: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (102 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tucupita, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Tucupita ranks joint 43rd of 65 for the warmest January highs and 56th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Tucupita is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 39 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
Tucupita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 64 | 16.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 39 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 32 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 42 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 96 | 16.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 158 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 157 | 27.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 19.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 96 | 20.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 129 | 23.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 108 | 22.1 | 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
- Ciudad Guayana in JanuaryVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Upata in JanuaryVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Port of Spain in JanuaryTrinidad and Tobago · 188 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in JanuaryVenezuela · 195 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Carúpano in JanuaryVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 50 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in JanuaryVenezuela · 233 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 8.6 mm rain
- El Tigre in JanuaryVenezuela · 242 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 8.6 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 Tucupita) is explained once on the Tucupita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.