Araure climate

Name: Araure
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Araure is warmest in March, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 21 °C. June is the wettest month (234 mm) and February the driest (9.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Araure averages 1,333 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 181,820 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month July 21 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month June 234 mm
Least cloud January 44 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record December 18 °C

What to expectAraure through the year

Araure has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in July to 33 °C in March, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 159 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 234 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	31.6 °C	11 mm	44 %
February	32.7 °C	10 mm	50 %
March	33.3 °C	34 mm	62 %
April	31.3 °C	125 mm	83 %
May	29.0 °C	207 mm	88 %
June	27.8 °C	234 mm	85 %
July	27.6 °C	201 mm	80 %
August	28.1 °C	156 mm	77 %
September	28.8 °C	124 mm	79 %
October	29.3 °C	112 mm	79 %
November	29.6 °C	84 mm	73 %
December	30.2 °C	35 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.6 °C	21.7 °C	26.3 °C	36.3 °C	18.4 °C	31	27
February	32.7 °C	22.4 °C	27.1 °C	37.7 °C	19.3 °C	28	27
March	33.3 °C	23.2 °C	27.7 °C	37.7 °C	18.4 °C	31	29
April	31.3 °C	23.2 °C	26.8 °C	38.8 °C	19.6 °C	30	20
May	29.0 °C	22.4 °C	25.3 °C	36.5 °C	19.6 °C	30	8
June	27.8 °C	21.7 °C	24.3 °C	33.7 °C	18.9 °C	29	2
July	27.6 °C	21.3 °C	24.0 °C	31.5 °C	18.5 °C	29	1
August	28.1 °C	21.4 °C	24.3 °C	32.6 °C	18.7 °C	30	2
September	28.8 °C	21.5 °C	24.8 °C	33.3 °C	18.6 °C	30	6
October	29.3 °C	21.7 °C	25.1 °C	33.7 °C	18.8 °C	31	10
November	29.6 °C	22.0 °C	25.4 °C	33.1 °C	19.6 °C	30	11
December	30.2 °C	21.8 °C	25.6 °C	34.2 °C	18.3 °C	31	17

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	6	12 h/day	62 %	59 %	12 km/h
April	125 mm	15	12 h/day	83 %	72 %	9.9 km/h
May	207 mm	25	13 h/day	88 %	84 %	8.7 km/h
June	234 mm	26	13 h/day	85 %	87 %	8.3 km/h
July	201 mm	27	13 h/day	80 %	88 %	8.4 km/h
August	156 mm	26	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	9.6 km/h
September	124 mm	23	12 h/day	79 %	87 %	9.5 km/h
October	112 mm	21	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	8.5 km/h
November	84 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	81 %	8.2 km/h
December	35 mm	8	12 h/day	57 %	73 %	9.7 km/h

How Araure 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
Araure	33 °C	21 °C	1,333 mm	360
Acarigua · Venezuela	34 °C	22 °C	1,365 mm	362
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 Araure ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in March	7th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in February	8th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	21st of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	34th of 50	31 °C
The driest places in South America in January	37th of 50	11 mm
The driest places in South America in February	41st of 50	9.9 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Araure’s climate

When is the best time to visit Araure?

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 Araure get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 159 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Araure?

June, averaging 234 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,333 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 Araure 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
Data point: 9.581°, -69.239° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.