Barinitas climate — normals and trends
Barinitas (Venezuela) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 2,741 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 March (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Barinitas averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.
Barinitas has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.1 °C (on 11 March 1958) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 3 January 2001).
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
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- coords
- 8.76°, -70.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.9°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
15.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,741mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
1.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
276 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.3 °C
Average feels-like low
16.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
29.1 °C
11 March 1958
Coldest day
10.6 °C
3 January 2001
Wettest day
170 mm
21 June 1993
Windiest day
13.4 km/h
18 December 2008
Strongest gust
54.0 km/h
6 July 2005
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
2 November 2007
Coldest feels-like
8.8 °C
15 March 1945
Sunniest day
12.5 h
8 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 46 mm | -59 mm |
| Feb | 23.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 63 mm | -64 mm |
| Mar | 24.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 128 mm | -59 mm |
| Apr | 23.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 430 mm | +91 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 286 mm | -42 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 414 mm | +35 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 322 mm | -72 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 167 mm | -89 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 111 mm | -47 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 129 mm | -42 mm |
| Nov | 23.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 111 mm | -68 mm |
| Dec | 22.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 83 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barinitas?
Barinitas has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 2,741 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barinitas?
The hottest day measured in Barinitas between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1958, reaching 29.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barinitas?
The coldest day measured in Barinitas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2001, at 10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Barinitas?
Almost never: Barinitas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Barinitas warmed?
Yes: Barinitas warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barinitas?
The wettest day measured in Barinitas between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1993, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barinitas?
The windiest day measured in Barinitas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2008, with winds reaching 13.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barinitas?
The warmest month in Barinitas is March (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Barinitas?
Barinitas receives on average 2,741 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barinitas?
Barinitas gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Barinitas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Barinitas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barinitas?
In Barinitas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 2 November 2007, and the lowest was 8.8 °C on 15 March 1945.
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