Climate averages 1991–2020
Tucupita weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tucupita: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (102 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Tucupita, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Tucupita ranks joint 17th of 65 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Tucupita is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 158 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
Tucupita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ciudad Guayana in MayVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Upata in MayVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 188 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in MayVenezuela · 195 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 233 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 242 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 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.