Maturín climate

Name: Maturín
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Maturín is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. June is the wettest month (142 mm) and March the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maturín averages 1,012 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 647,459 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month March 30 mm
Wettest month June 142 mm
Least cloud January 55 % cloud
Hottest on record March 38 °C
Coldest on record December 19 °C

What to expectMaturín through the year

Maturín changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 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, 199 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 142 mm against 30 mm in March — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.9 °C	43 mm	55 %
February	30.0 °C	30 mm	55 %
March	31.5 °C	30 mm	60 %
April	32.5 °C	43 mm	69 %
May	31.8 °C	87 mm	74 %
June	29.8 °C	142 mm	78 %
July	29.5 °C	136 mm	75 %
August	30.2 °C	128 mm	72 %
September	31.0 °C	104 mm	71 %
October	30.9 °C	93 mm	72 %
November	29.6 °C	104 mm	71 %
December	28.7 °C	71 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	28.9 °C	21.8 °C	24.6 °C	33.3 °C	19.1 °C	31	5
February	30.0 °C	22.0 °C	25.2 °C	36.5 °C	19.0 °C	28	12
March	31.5 °C	22.6 °C	26.2 °C	37.8 °C	18.6 °C	31	23
April	32.5 °C	23.5 °C	27.0 °C	37.2 °C	21.0 °C	30	27
May	31.8 °C	23.6 °C	26.9 °C	37.3 °C	20.7 °C	31	26
June	29.8 °C	23.1 °C	25.7 °C	35.0 °C	20.7 °C	30	14
July	29.5 °C	22.8 °C	25.3 °C	33.4 °C	20.7 °C	31	11
August	30.2 °C	23.0 °C	25.8 °C	33.3 °C	20.4 °C	31	18
September	31.0 °C	23.3 °C	26.3 °C	36.0 °C	21.1 °C	30	24
October	30.9 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	37.3 °C	20.9 °C	31	23
November	29.6 °C	23.1 °C	25.5 °C	33.4 °C	20.7 °C	30	12
December	28.7 °C	22.4 °C	24.8 °C	32.2 °C	18.5 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	43 mm	14	12 h/day	55 %	81 %	15 km/h
February	30 mm	11	12 h/day	55 %	76 %	17 km/h
March	30 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	72 %	17 km/h
April	43 mm	10	12 h/day	69 %	72 %	17 km/h
May	87 mm	18	13 h/day	74 %	76 %	15 km/h
June	142 mm	25	13 h/day	78 %	84 %	14 km/h
July	136 mm	27	13 h/day	75 %	86 %	13 km/h
August	128 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	11 km/h
September	104 mm	21	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	12 km/h
October	93 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	13 km/h
November	104 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	13 km/h
December	71 mm	19	12 h/day	63 %	85 %	14 km/h

How Maturín 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
Maturín	33 °C	22 °C	1,012 mm	365
Carúpano · Venezuela	31 °C	23 °C	1,011 mm	365
Cumaná · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	768 mm	365
El Tigre · Venezuela	34 °C	22 °C	843 mm	365
Porlamar · Venezuela	29 °C	24 °C	465 mm	364
Ciudad Guayana · Venezuela	33 °C	22 °C	1,036 mm	365
Puerto La Cruz · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	2,057 mm	365

Where Maturín ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in April	16thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	23rdof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	27thof 50	32 °C
The driest places in South America in April	50thof 50	43 mm
The warmest places in South America in June	50thof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maturín’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maturín?

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

How hot does Maturín get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 199 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 Maturín?

June, averaging 142 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is March with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,012 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 Maturín 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.