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January is the central month of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In Venezuela, a country located just north of the Equator, it is
hot, dry and sunny almost everywhere.
Although
temperatures do not vary much throughout the year, January is the coolest month of the year in the north (see Caracas and the coast of the Caribbean Sea) and in the northwest, in the mountains (see Mérida). In Caracas, winter nights can be cool, and fog can form.
Instead, in the center-south, closer to the Equator (see the llanos and the Amazon forest), temperatures are higher, and the coolest month is July (at the height of the rainy season). In the llanos (see San Fernando de Apure) it is very hot, and the temperature can exceed 35 °C (95 °F). However, sometimes it can get very hot even in the north, with highs of around 35 °C (95 °F), especially in the cities that are not on the coast (see Maracaibo, Valencia).
We are almost everywhere in the dry season, and therefore the
rains are rare, however, in the south-east, in the macro-region called Venezuelan Guayana, occupied by the forest, there are areas where the climate is equatorial and it rains even in this month, and in particular, in the extreme east, in the Orinoco delta area, where there is a relatively dry season from February to April, and in the extreme south, in the Amazon forest (see San Carlos de Río Negro), where the rains are frequent and abundant even in this period, although less than in the rest of the year.
The
sea is warm enough for swimming, even though we are in the period of the year when it is relatively cooler.
The following tables show the climate averages in the month of
january in
Venezuela in a selection of locations.
Monthly climate averages - January
(from north to south)
Coro |
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Coro, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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24 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 71% | 9.4h | 11.5h | 26 |
Isla Margarita |
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Isla Margarita, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | | | | |
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23 | 30 | 82% | 8.6h | 11.6h | 26 |
Maiquetia |
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Maiquetia, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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23 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 79% | 7.7h | 11.6h | 26 |
Guiria |
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Guiria, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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21 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 71% | 8.1h | 11.6h | 26 |
Maracaibo |
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Maracaibo, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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23 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 70% | 9.7h | 11.6h | 26 |
Caracas (835 m.) |
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Caracas, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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16 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 68% | 7.4h | 11.6h |
Cumana |
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Cumana, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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22 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 66% | 8.8h | 11.6h | 26 |
Maracay (450 m.) |
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Maracay, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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19 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 64% | 9h | 11.6h |
Barcelona |
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Barcelona, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length | Sea temperature |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | | |
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22 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 71% | 9.3h | 11.6h | 26 |
Barquisimeto (600 m.) |
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Barquisimeto, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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19 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 67% | 8.4h | 11.7h |
Mérida (1,500 m.) |
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Mérida, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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15 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 65% | 8.3h | 11.7h |
Ciudad Bolivar |
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Ciudad Bolivar, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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23 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 71% | 8h | 11.7h |
San Fernando |
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San Fernando, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 70% | 9.5h | 11.7h |
Puerto Ayacucho |
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Puerto Ayacucho, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Humidity | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | | |
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23 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 49% | 8.9h | 11.8h |
Santa Elena (900 m.) |
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Santa Elena, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Sunshine |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | |
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17 | 28 | 75 | 9 | 7.1h |
San Carlos |
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San Carlos, position on the map |
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Temperature (°C) | Precipitation | Sunshine | Day length |
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Min | Max | mm | Days | | |
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21 | 32 | 180 | 16 | 6.2h | 12.0h |
See also: Venezuela, the weather in
December -
FebruaryThe climate of
Venezuela