Climate averages 1991–2020
Upata weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Upata: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (45 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Upata, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Upata ranks joint 33rd of 65 for the warmest January highs and 45th of 65 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 65 cities is 29.6°C; Upata is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 24 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
Upata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 23 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 103 | 15.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 140 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 162 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 94 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 14.5 | 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
- Ciudad Guayana in JanuaryVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Tucupita in JanuaryVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in JanuaryVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 210 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in JanuaryVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 8.6 mm rain
- El Tigre in JanuaryVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Anaco in JanuaryVenezuela · 275 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Carúpano in JanuaryVenezuela · 309 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 50 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 Upata) is explained once on the Upata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.