Acarigua climate

Name: Acarigua
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Acarigua is warmest in March, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (241 mm) and February the driest (9.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Acarigua averages 1,365 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 188,278 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 34 °C
Coldest month July 22 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month June 241 mm
Least cloud January 44 % cloud
Hottest on record April 38 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C

What to expectAcarigua through the year

Acarigua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 34 °C in March, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 180 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 241 mm against 10 mm in February — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.9 °C	11 mm	44 %
February	33.0 °C	10 mm	50 %
March	33.6 °C	34 mm	62 %
April	31.6 °C	128 mm	83 %
May	29.4 °C	213 mm	88 %
June	28.2 °C	241 mm	85 %
July	27.9 °C	207 mm	80 %
August	28.5 °C	161 mm	77 %
September	29.2 °C	127 mm	79 %
October	29.7 °C	115 mm	79 %
November	29.9 °C	85 mm	73 %
December	30.5 °C	34 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.9 °C	22.1 °C	26.6 °C	36.0 °C	18.7 °C	31	28
February	33.0 °C	22.8 °C	27.4 °C	38.1 °C	19.7 °C	28	27
March	33.6 °C	23.5 °C	28.0 °C	38.0 °C	18.8 °C	31	29
April	31.6 °C	23.6 °C	27.1 °C	38.3 °C	20.0 °C	30	21
May	29.4 °C	22.8 °C	25.7 °C	36.9 °C	19.9 °C	31	10
June	28.2 °C	22.1 °C	24.7 °C	33.8 °C	19.3 °C	29	3
July	27.9 °C	21.7 °C	24.4 °C	31.6 °C	18.8 °C	30	2
August	28.5 °C	21.8 °C	24.6 °C	32.5 °C	19.0 °C	31	4
September	29.2 °C	21.9 °C	25.2 °C	33.6 °C	18.9 °C	30	9
October	29.7 °C	22.1 °C	25.5 °C	34.1 °C	19.7 °C	31	13
November	29.9 °C	22.4 °C	25.7 °C	33.4 °C	20.0 °C	30	15
December	30.5 °C	22.2 °C	25.9 °C	33.7 °C	18.7 °C	31	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	12 h/day	44 %	64 %	11 km/h
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	59 %	12 km/h
March	34 mm	5	12 h/day	62 %	60 %	12 km/h
April	128 mm	15	12 h/day	83 %	72 %	10 km/h
May	213 mm	25	13 h/day	88 %	83 %	8.8 km/h
June	241 mm	26	13 h/day	85 %	87 %	8.4 km/h
July	207 mm	27	13 h/day	80 %	88 %	8.5 km/h
August	161 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	9.5 km/h
September	127 mm	23	12 h/day	79 %	86 %	9.4 km/h
October	115 mm	21	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	8.6 km/h
November	85 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	81 %	8.5 km/h
December	34 mm	8	12 h/day	56 %	73 %	10 km/h

How Acarigua compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Acarigua	34 °C	22 °C	1,365 mm	362
Araure · Venezuela	33 °C	21 °C	1,333 mm	360
Barquisimeto · Venezuela	31 °C	20 °C	492 mm	363
San Felipe · Venezuela	31 °C	21 °C	1,249 mm	362
Valencia · Venezuela	29 °C	20 °C	1,818 mm	359
Barinas · Venezuela	32 °C	21 °C	3,198 mm	363
Valera · Venezuela	28 °C	18 °C	2,982 mm	341

Where Acarigua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in March	5thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in February	6thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	15thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	30thof 50	32 °C
The driest places in South America in January	36thof 50	11 mm
The warmest places in South America in December	39thof 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Acarigua.

QuestionsCommon questions about Acarigua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Acarigua?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Acarigua get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 180 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Acarigua?

June, averaging 241 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,365 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Acarigua rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.