Ciudad Bolívar climate

Name: Ciudad Bolívar
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Ciudad Bolívar is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. July is the wettest month (234 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ciudad Bolívar averages 1,268 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 412,619 · 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 April 35 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month July 234 mm
Least cloud January 56 % cloud
Hottest on record March 39 °C
Coldest on record December 20 °C

What to expectCiudad Bolívar through the year

Ciudad Bolívar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 305 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 234 mm against 10 mm in February — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.0 °C	15 mm	56 %
February	33.1 °C	10 mm	57 %
March	34.4 °C	12 mm	61 %
April	34.8 °C	50 mm	71 %
May	33.1 °C	141 mm	76 %
June	30.7 °C	213 mm	78 %
July	30.0 °C	234 mm	75 %
August	30.4 °C	224 mm	72 %
September	31.4 °C	142 mm	68 %
October	31.9 °C	108 mm	69 %
November	31.6 °C	78 mm	69 %
December	31.3 °C	39 mm	63 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.0 °C	23.2 °C	27.0 °C	36.9 °C	20.4 °C	31	27
February	33.1 °C	23.4 °C	27.7 °C	38.0 °C	20.7 °C	28	27
March	34.4 °C	24.0 °C	28.7 °C	39.1 °C	20.8 °C	31	30
April	34.8 °C	24.8 °C	29.3 °C	39.1 °C	22.4 °C	30	29
May	33.1 °C	24.6 °C	28.3 °C	38.4 °C	22.3 °C	31	28
June	30.7 °C	23.8 °C	26.6 °C	36.6 °C	22.2 °C	30	21
July	30.0 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	33.4 °C	21.7 °C	31	17
August	30.4 °C	23.5 °C	26.4 °C	34.6 °C	21.9 °C	31	21
September	31.4 °C	23.9 °C	27.1 °C	36.3 °C	22.3 °C	30	27
October	31.9 °C	24.2 °C	27.5 °C	37.5 °C	22.4 °C	31	28
November	31.6 °C	24.1 °C	27.1 °C	37.1 °C	21.9 °C	30	26
December	31.3 °C	23.6 °C	26.8 °C	36.0 °C	19.5 °C	31	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	3	12 h/day	56 %	67 %	19 km/h
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	57 %	63 %	20 km/h
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	61 %	59 %	20 km/h
April	50 mm	6	12 h/day	71 %	60 %	19 km/h
May	141 mm	15	12 h/day	76 %	70 %	16 km/h
June	213 mm	23	13 h/day	78 %	81 %	14 km/h
July	234 mm	26	13 h/day	75 %	84 %	12 km/h
August	224 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	11 km/h
September	142 mm	19	12 h/day	68 %	81 %	11 km/h
October	108 mm	16	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	13 km/h
November	78 mm	14	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	15 km/h
December	39 mm	9	12 h/day	63 %	74 %	17 km/h

How Ciudad Bolívar 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
Ciudad Bolívar	35 °C	23 °C	1,268 mm	365
Ciudad Guayana · Venezuela	33 °C	22 °C	1,036 mm	365
El Tigre · Venezuela	34 °C	22 °C	843 mm	365
Maturín · Venezuela	33 °C	22 °C	1,012 mm	365
Barcelona · Venezuela	32 °C	22 °C	1,057 mm	365
Puerto La Cruz · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	2,057 mm	365
Cumaná · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	768 mm	365

Where Ciudad Bolívar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in April	2ndof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	4thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in February	5thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America year-round	12thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	14thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in November	16thof 50	32 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ciudad Bolívar.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ciudad Bolívar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ciudad Bolívar?

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, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ciudad Bolívar get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 305 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 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ciudad Bolívar?

July, averaging 234 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,268 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 Ciudad Bolívar 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.