El Tigre climate

Name: El Tigre
Address: VE

El Tigre is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (134 mm) and February the driest (6.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year El Tigre averages 843 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 222,450 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 6 mm
Wettest month August 134 mm
Least cloud January 55 % cloud
Hottest on record March 38 °C
Coldest on record January 19 °C

What to expectEl Tigre through the year

El Tigre changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 32 and 34 °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, 239 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 134 mm against 6 mm in February — 21 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	9 mm	55 %
February	32.4 °C	6 mm	56 %
March	33.4 °C	15 mm	60 %
April	33.7 °C	37 mm	72 %
May	32.0 °C	95 mm	76 %
June	29.6 °C	131 mm	79 %
July	29.0 °C	130 mm	75 %
August	29.3 °C	134 mm	74 %
September	30.4 °C	105 mm	72 %
October	31.2 °C	87 mm	73 %
November	30.9 °C	67 mm	71 %
December	30.9 °C	27 mm	64 %

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	21.5 °C	25.8 °C	35.8 °C	18.8 °C	31	27
February	32.4 °C	21.7 °C	26.4 °C	36.9 °C	19.2 °C	28	27
March	33.4 °C	22.2 °C	27.2 °C	37.6 °C	18.8 °C	31	30
April	33.7 °C	23.0 °C	27.8 °C	37.3 °C	20.8 °C	30	28
May	32.0 °C	23.1 °C	27.0 °C	37.2 °C	20.7 °C	31	24
June	29.6 °C	22.5 °C	25.4 °C	36.7 °C	20.7 °C	30	10
July	29.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.9 °C	33.1 °C	20.1 °C	31	5
August	29.3 °C	22.3 °C	25.2 °C	33.7 °C	20.4 °C	31	7
September	30.4 °C	22.6 °C	25.9 °C	36.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	16
October	31.2 °C	22.9 °C	26.3 °C	37.0 °C	20.8 °C	31	22
November	30.9 °C	22.7 °C	26.0 °C	36.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	21
December	30.9 °C	22.1 °C	25.7 °C	34.5 °C	18.9 °C	31	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	12 h/day	55 %	66 %	22 km/h
February	6 mm	1	12 h/day	56 %	63 %	23 km/h
March	15 mm	2	12 h/day	60 %	60 %	23 km/h
April	37 mm	5	12 h/day	72 %	61 %	22 km/h
May	95 mm	14	13 h/day	76 %	69 %	20 km/h
June	131 mm	21	13 h/day	79 %	80 %	19 km/h
July	130 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	82 %	16 km/h
August	134 mm	22	12 h/day	74 %	83 %	14 km/h
September	105 mm	18	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h
October	87 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	77 %	17 km/h
November	67 mm	14	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	18 km/h
December	27 mm	8	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	21 km/h

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

Where El Tigre ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in March	6thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	9thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in February	14thof 50	32 °C
The driest places in South America in February	22ndof 50	6.3 mm
The warmest places in South America in January	22ndof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	22ndof 50	32 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit El Tigre.

QuestionsCommon questions about El Tigre’s climate

When is the best time to visit El Tigre?

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 El Tigre get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 239 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 January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in El Tigre?

August, averaging 134 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is February with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 843 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 El Tigre 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.