Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaraza weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Zaraza: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valle de La Pascua (76 km away). In May its highs average 32.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Zaraza, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Zaraza ranks 1st of 65 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 65 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 65 cities is 30.0°C; Zaraza is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 164 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
Zaraza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 53 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 33.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 134 | 15.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 164 | 20.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 187 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 139 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 118 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 76 | 14.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 28 | 6.4 | 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
- Valle de La Pascua in MayVenezuela · 76 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Anaco in MayVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 71 mm rain
- El Tigre in MayVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 93 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in MayVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Cumaná in MayVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in MayVenezuela · 177 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in MayVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Guatire in MayVenezuela · 183 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 131 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 Zaraza) is explained once on the Zaraza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.