Maracaibo climate

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Maracaibo is warmest in March, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. October is the wettest month (203 mm) and February the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maracaibo averages 1,069 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 1,752,602 · 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 January 24 °C
Driest month February 3 mm
Wettest month October 203 mm
Least cloud January 35 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record January 21 °C
Warmest sea September 30 °C

What to expectMaracaibo through the year

Maracaibo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 32 and 33 °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, 303 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 203 mm against 3 mm in February — 60 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Maracaibo is warmest in September at 30 °C and coldest in February at 26 °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	31.9 °C	7 mm	35 %
February	32.6 °C	3 mm	39 %
March	32.8 °C	18 mm	54 %
April	32.2 °C	61 mm	80 %
May	31.4 °C	151 mm	88 %
June	31.7 °C	100 mm	82 %
July	32.2 °C	68 mm	79 %
August	32.0 °C	119 mm	80 %
September	31.4 °C	166 mm	84 %
October	30.4 °C	203 mm	83 %
November	29.9 °C	140 mm	75 %
December	30.7 °C	32 mm	53 %

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	24.3 °C	27.5 °C	35.7 °C	21.1 °C	31	28
February	32.6 °C	24.7 °C	27.9 °C	36.4 °C	22.1 °C	28	27
March	32.8 °C	25.1 °C	28.2 °C	36.6 °C	22.5 °C	31	29
April	32.2 °C	25.7 °C	28.4 °C	37.4 °C	22.4 °C	30	27
May	31.4 °C	25.9 °C	28.2 °C	38.3 °C	24.0 °C	31	26
June	31.7 °C	25.9 °C	28.4 °C	37.1 °C	23.9 °C	30	28
July	32.2 °C	25.9 °C	28.7 °C	37.2 °C	23.6 °C	31	30
August	32.0 °C	25.9 °C	28.6 °C	36.7 °C	23.6 °C	31	30
September	31.4 °C	25.7 °C	28.1 °C	36.1 °C	23.8 °C	30	26
October	30.4 °C	25.2 °C	27.4 °C	35.8 °C	22.9 °C	31	20
November	29.9 °C	24.8 °C	27.0 °C	33.4 °C	22.2 °C	30	13
December	30.7 °C	24.5 °C	27.2 °C	35.3 °C	21.6 °C	31	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	2	12 h/day	35 %	68 %	24 km/h	26.7 °C
February	3 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	65 %	25 km/h	26.3 °C
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	54 %	67 %	24 km/h	26.5 °C
April	61 mm	10	12 h/day	80 %	73 %	20 km/h	27.1 °C
May	151 mm	19	13 h/day	88 %	80 %	15 km/h	28.1 °C
June	100 mm	14	13 h/day	82 %	79 %	16 km/h	28.7 °C
July	68 mm	12	13 h/day	79 %	75 %	17 km/h	28.3 °C
August	119 mm	17	12 h/day	80 %	78 %	15 km/h	28.9 °C
September	166 mm	21	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	13 km/h	29.6 °C
October	203 mm	26	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	12 km/h	29.6 °C
November	140 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	14 km/h	28.9 °C
December	32 mm	6	12 h/day	53 %	76 %	19 km/h	27.7 °C

How Maracaibo 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
Maracaibo	33 °C	24 °C	1,069 mm	365
Cabimas · Venezuela	32 °C	24 °C	1,842 mm	365
Ciudad Ojeda · Venezuela	32 °C	24 °C	1,857 mm	365
Maicao · Colombia	33 °C	24 °C	903 mm	365
Riohacha · Colombia	33 °C	24 °C	972 mm	365
Valledupar · Colombia	29 °C	20 °C	1,987 mm	346
Valera · Venezuela	28 °C	18 °C	2,982 mm	341

Where Maracaibo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in February	10th of 50	33 °C
The driest places in South America in February	11th of 50	3.4 mm
The warmest places in South America in March	12th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in January	16th of 50	32 °C
The driest places in South America in January	19th of 50	7.3 mm
The warmest places in South America in April	19th of 50	32 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maracaibo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maracaibo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December 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 Maracaibo get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 303 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 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Maracaibo?

October, averaging 203 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,069 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 Maracaibo 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: 10.642°, -71.611° (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.