Cumaná climate

Name: Cumaná
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Cumaná is warmest in May, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. August is the wettest month (146 mm) and February the driest (5.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cumaná averages 768 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 405,626 · 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 May 30 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month February 6 mm
Wettest month August 146 mm
Least cloud January 39 % cloud
Hottest on record March 34 °C
Coldest on record January 20 °C
Warmest sea September 28 °C

What to expectCumaná through the year

Cumaná changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 84 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 146 mm against 6 mm in February — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Cumaná is warmest in September at 28 °C and coldest in February at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.5 °C	10 mm	39 %
February	29.1 °C	6 mm	40 %
March	29.7 °C	15 mm	47 %
April	30.0 °C	28 mm	61 %
May	30.1 °C	45 mm	66 %
June	29.4 °C	61 mm	68 %
July	28.9 °C	102 mm	61 %
August	29.0 °C	146 mm	61 %
September	29.6 °C	131 mm	64 %
October	29.5 °C	109 mm	63 %
November	29.0 °C	85 mm	59 %
December	28.5 °C	29 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.5 °C	23.0 °C	25.3 °C	31.3 °C	19.6 °C	31	2
February	29.1 °C	23.1 °C	25.6 °C	32.4 °C	19.8 °C	28	6
March	29.7 °C	23.5 °C	26.1 °C	33.5 °C	20.8 °C	31	12
April	30.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	33.1 °C	21.8 °C	30	16
May	30.1 °C	24.7 °C	27.1 °C	33.2 °C	21.9 °C	31	17
June	29.4 °C	24.6 °C	26.7 °C	32.8 °C	22.0 °C	30	7
July	28.9 °C	24.2 °C	26.3 °C	31.6 °C	21.2 °C	31	2
August	29.0 °C	24.2 °C	26.4 °C	31.3 °C	22.0 °C	31	2
September	29.6 °C	24.5 °C	26.8 °C	32.4 °C	22.3 °C	30	8
October	29.5 °C	24.5 °C	26.7 °C	31.9 °C	21.7 °C	31	7
November	29.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	31.4 °C	21.1 °C	30	2
December	28.5 °C	23.6 °C	25.7 °C	31.2 °C	19.7 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	10 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	78 %	22 km/h	24.6 °C
February	6 mm	2	12 h/day	40 %	75 %	24 km/h	24.0 °C
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	47 %	74 %	24 km/h	24.0 °C
April	28 mm	4	12 h/day	61 %	75 %	22 km/h	24.5 °C
May	45 mm	8	13 h/day	66 %	77 %	20 km/h	25.2 °C
June	61 mm	11	13 h/day	68 %	80 %	20 km/h	25.7 °C
July	102 mm	18	13 h/day	61 %	83 %	17 km/h	25.9 °C
August	146 mm	23	12 h/day	61 %	84 %	15 km/h	27.1 °C
September	131 mm	23	12 h/day	64 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.0 °C
October	109 mm	21	12 h/day	63 %	83 %	15 km/h	27.9 °C
November	85 mm	17	12 h/day	59 %	83 %	17 km/h	27.3 °C
December	29 mm	7	12 h/day	48 %	81 %	20 km/h	26.0 °C

How Cumaná 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
Cumaná	30 °C	23 °C	768 mm	365
Puerto La Cruz · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	2,057 mm	365
Porlamar · Venezuela	29 °C	24 °C	465 mm	364
Barcelona · Venezuela	32 °C	22 °C	1,057 mm	365
Carúpano · Venezuela	31 °C	23 °C	1,011 mm	365
Maturín · Venezuela	33 °C	22 °C	1,012 mm	365
El Tigre · Venezuela	34 °C	22 °C	843 mm	365

Where Cumaná ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in April	16thof 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in the world in January	18thof 50	99/100
The driest places in South America in February	20thof 50	5.9 mm
Best beach destinations in the world in March	22ndof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	35thof 50	84/100
The driest places in South America in January	35thof 50	10 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Cumaná’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cumaná?

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

How hot does Cumaná get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 84 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °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 Cumaná?

August, averaging 146 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 768 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 Cumaná 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.