Puerto Cabello climate
Puerto Cabello is warmest in September, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. June is the wettest month (266 mm) and February the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Puerto Cabello averages 1,935 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Venezuela · population 174,000 · 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 September 30 °C
- Coldest month January 24 °C
- Driest month February 35 mm
- Wettest month June 266 mm
- Least cloud January 56 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 34 °C
- Coldest on record January 19 °C
- Warmest sea September 29 °C
What to expectPuerto Cabello through the year
Puerto Cabello changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 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, 73 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 266 mm against 35 mm in February — 7.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Puerto Cabello is warmest in September at 29 °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 | 27.7 °C | 41 mm | 56 % |
| February | 27.9 °C | 35 mm | 58 % |
| March | 28.4 °C | 48 mm | 67 % |
| April | 28.9 °C | 133 mm | 83 % |
| May | 29.5 °C | 240 mm | 85 % |
| June | 29.4 °C | 266 mm | 81 % |
| July | 29.3 °C | 259 mm | 75 % |
| August | 29.9 °C | 199 mm | 72 % |
| September | 30.4 °C | 184 mm | 74 % |
| October | 30.0 °C | 223 mm | 78 % |
| November | 29.0 °C | 202 mm | 76 % |
| December | 28.1 °C | 106 mm | 65 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7 °C | 23.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 31.8 °C | 19.3 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 27.9 °C | 23.9 °C | 25.5 °C | 32.4 °C | 20.7 °C | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 28.4 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.8 °C | 32.1 °C | 19.8 °C | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 28.9 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.5 °C | 31.9 °C | 21.9 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 29.5 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.1 °C | 32.7 °C | 22.8 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| June | 29.4 °C | 25.2 °C | 27.1 °C | 31.7 °C | 22.4 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 29.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.9 °C | 32.3 °C | 22.5 °C | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 29.9 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.5 °C | 33.4 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| September | 30.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 33.8 °C | 23.3 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| October | 30.0 °C | 25.5 °C | 27.5 °C | 32.8 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| November | 29.0 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.8 °C | 32.1 °C | 22.4 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| December | 28.1 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.0 °C | 31.2 °C | 20.5 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 88 % | 12 km/h | 26.2 °C |
| February | 35 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 25.9 °C |
| March | 48 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 25.9 °C |
| April | 133 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 89 % | 13 km/h | 26.3 °C |
| May | 240 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 85 % | 88 % | 11 km/h | 27.0 °C |
| June | 266 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 87 % | 12 km/h | 27.2 °C |
| July | 259 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 11 km/h | 27.3 °C |
| August | 199 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 85 % | 11 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| September | 184 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 84 % | 11 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| October | 223 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 86 % | 10 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| November | 202 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 88 % | 10 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| December | 106 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 89 % | 12 km/h | 27.3 °C |
How Puerto Cabello 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Cabello | 30 °C | 24 °C | 1,935 mm | 365 |
| Valencia · Venezuela | 29 °C | 20 °C | 1,818 mm | 359 |
| Maracay · Venezuela | 29 °C | 21 °C | 1,369 mm | 356 |
| Turmero · Venezuela | 30 °C | 20 °C | 1,384 mm | 362 |
| San Felipe · Venezuela | 31 °C | 21 °C | 1,249 mm | 362 |
| San Juan de los Morros · Venezuela | 33 °C | 21 °C | 1,208 mm | 363 |
| Los Teques · Venezuela | 27 °C | 17 °C | 982 mm | 262 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Puerto Cabello.
QuestionsCommon questions about Puerto Cabello’s climate
When is the best time to visit Puerto Cabello?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Puerto Cabello get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 73 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 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Puerto Cabello?
June, averaging 266 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,935 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 Puerto Cabello 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
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.