Altagracia de Orituco climate — normals and trends
Altagracia de Orituco (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 881 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is April (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Altagracia de Orituco averages 0 frost days, 253 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Altagracia de Orituco has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 25 March 2024) and the coldest 16.8 °C (on 8 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Altagracia de OritucoGuárico
- coords
- 9.86°, -66.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.7°C
Average daily high
31.2°C
Average daily low
22.0°C
Annual rainfall
881mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
1.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
253 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.2 °C
Average feels-like low
24.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
353 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.9 °C
25 March 2024
Coldest day
16.8 °C
8 January 1950
Wettest day
105 mm
1 June 1957
Windiest day
26.4 km/h
20 July 1975
Strongest gust
58.7 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
25 February 2010
Coldest feels-like
16.9 °C
8 January 1950
Sunniest day
12.6 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 34.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 35.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 33.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 31.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 144 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 124 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 138 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 121 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 32.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 32.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 86 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 33.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 76 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 33.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Altagracia de Orituco?
Altagracia de Orituco has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 881 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Altagracia de Orituco?
The hottest day measured in Altagracia de Orituco between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2024, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Altagracia de Orituco?
The coldest day measured in Altagracia de Orituco between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1950, at 16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Altagracia de Orituco?
Almost never: Altagracia de Orituco sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Altagracia de Orituco warmed?
Yes: Altagracia de Orituco warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Altagracia de Orituco?
The wettest day measured in Altagracia de Orituco between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1957, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Altagracia de Orituco?
The windiest day measured in Altagracia de Orituco between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1975, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Altagracia de Orituco?
The warmest month in Altagracia de Orituco is April (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Altagracia de Orituco?
Altagracia de Orituco receives on average 881 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Altagracia de Orituco?
Altagracia de Orituco gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Altagracia de Orituco?
Yes: Altagracia de Orituco has on average 353 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Altagracia de Orituco?
In Altagracia de Orituco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 25 February 2010, and the lowest was 16.9 °C on 8 January 1950.
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