Maracay climate

Name: Maracay
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Maracay is warmest in May, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. May is the wettest month (155 mm) and February the driest (60 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maracay averages 1,369 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 464,700 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month February 60 mm
Wettest month May 155 mm
Least cloud January 55 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record February 16 °C

What to expectMaracay through the year

Maracay changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 155 mm against 60 mm in February — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	65 mm	55 %
February	28.0 °C	60 mm	56 %
March	28.7 °C	96 mm	63 %
April	28.9 °C	155 mm	81 %
May	28.9 °C	155 mm	83 %
June	28.3 °C	112 mm	78 %
July	27.9 °C	129 mm	74 %
August	28.1 °C	122 mm	72 %
September	28.8 °C	106 mm	73 %
October	28.8 °C	129 mm	76 %
November	27.9 °C	153 mm	76 %
December	27.6 °C	88 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	27.5 °C	20.6 °C	23.5 °C	34.7 °C	17.3 °C	28	5
February	28.0 °C	20.8 °C	23.9 °C	35.7 °C	16.0 °C	27	6
March	28.7 °C	21.4 °C	24.4 °C	36.1 °C	16.8 °C	30	8
April	28.9 °C	22.5 °C	25.1 °C	38.5 °C	17.8 °C	30	8
May	28.9 °C	23.1 °C	25.5 °C	36.9 °C	20.4 °C	31	7
June	28.3 °C	22.6 °C	25.0 °C	34.3 °C	18.9 °C	30	4
July	27.9 °C	22.2 °C	24.6 °C	34.8 °C	19.1 °C	31	2
August	28.1 °C	22.3 °C	24.8 °C	33.2 °C	18.9 °C	31	2
September	28.8 °C	22.8 °C	25.4 °C	34.2 °C	20.6 °C	30	5
October	28.8 °C	22.8 °C	25.3 °C	33.5 °C	18.7 °C	31	6
November	27.9 °C	22.1 °C	24.5 °C	33.9 °C	19.1 °C	29	4
December	27.6 °C	21.3 °C	23.9 °C	34.2 °C	17.5 °C	29	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	65 mm	17	12 h/day	55 %	79 %	9.0 km/h
February	60 mm	14	12 h/day	56 %	77 %	9.7 km/h
March	96 mm	16	12 h/day	63 %	77 %	9.9 km/h
April	155 mm	20	12 h/day	81 %	78 %	8.6 km/h
May	155 mm	21	13 h/day	83 %	78 %	8.4 km/h
June	112 mm	19	13 h/day	78 %	79 %	8.9 km/h
July	129 mm	22	13 h/day	74 %	80 %	8.0 km/h
August	122 mm	21	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	8.1 km/h
September	106 mm	18	12 h/day	73 %	79 %	8.0 km/h
October	129 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	80 %	7.5 km/h
November	153 mm	22	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	7.3 km/h
December	88 mm	18	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	8.1 km/h

How Maracay 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
Maracay	29 °C	21 °C	1,369 mm	355
Turmero · Venezuela	30 °C	20 °C	1,384 mm	362
Valencia · Venezuela	29 °C	20 °C	1,818 mm	359
San Juan de los Morros · Venezuela	33 °C	21 °C	1,208 mm	363
Puerto Cabello · Venezuela	30 °C	24 °C	1,935 mm	365
Los Teques · Venezuela	27 °C	17 °C	982 mm	262
Cúa · Venezuela	32 °C	21 °C	1,105 mm	365

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maracay’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maracay?

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 Maracay get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 61 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 January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Maracay?

May, averaging 155 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is February with 60 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,369 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 Maracay 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.