Chivacoa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chivacoa?

Chivacoa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chivacoa?

The hottest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chivacoa?

The coldest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1955, at 13.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chivacoa?

Almost never: Chivacoa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chivacoa warmed?

Yes: Chivacoa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chivacoa?

The wettest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2017, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chivacoa?

The windiest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2019, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chivacoa?

The warmest month in Chivacoa is May (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chivacoa?

Chivacoa receives on average 1,306 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chivacoa?

Chivacoa gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chivacoa (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 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 May (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Chivacoa averages 0 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 232 rainy days per year.

Chivacoa has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 5 May 2015) and the coldest 13.7 °C (on 22 January 1955).

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

ChivacoaYaracuy

coords: 10.16°, -68.89°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

23.1°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

19.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,306mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

11.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

232 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.6 °C

Average feels-like low

22.3 °C

Average peak gust

38.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

160 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

37.3 °C

5 May 2015

Coldest day

13.7 °C

22 January 1955

Wettest day

165 mm

24 March 2017

Windiest day

25.6 km/h

6 August 2019

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

6 August 2019

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

21 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

22 January 1955

Sunniest day

12.6 h

4 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C26 February 2025	16.5 °C15 February 2025	24.4 °C	1,319 mm	137
2024	37.2 °C24 March 2024	16.5 °C29 December 2024	25.0 °C	927 mm	289
2023	35.0 °C2 May 2023	16.1 °C19 February 2023	24.7 °C	996 mm	217
2022	33.8 °C29 September 2022	15.3 °C24 January 2022	23.5 °C	1,466 mm	106
2021	34.3 °C2 February 2021	14.8 °C4 January 2021	23.4 °C	1,301 mm	91
2020	36.4 °C11 April 2020	16.0 °C9 February 2020	24.4 °C	996 mm	215
2019	33.7 °C16 February 2019	17.1 °C4 February 2019	23.7 °C	878 mm	126
2018	35.1 °C21 March 2018	16.6 °C30 November 2018	23.9 °C	1,369 mm	114
2017	33.3 °C4 April 2017	15.9 °C12 December 2017	23.7 °C	1,343 mm	93
2016	36.8 °C21 March 2016	18.0 °C26 January 2016	24.7 °C	1,086 mm	194
2015	37.3 °C5 May 2015	18.0 °C29 January 2015	25.2 °C	973 mm	238
2014	36.2 °C22 March 2014	17.0 °C26 January 2014	24.4 °C	1,289 mm	192
2013	35.7 °C3 March 2013	17.5 °C6 February 2013	24.3 °C	1,364 mm	169
2012	32.7 °C4 March 2012	17.0 °C19 January 2012	23.9 °C	1,470 mm	116
2011	33.2 °C31 March 2011	16.8 °C20 December 2011	23.8 °C	1,670 mm	89
2010	35.4 °C3 March 2010	17.4 °C3 January 2010	24.5 °C	1,564 mm	151
2009	32.6 °C10 September 2009	15.9 °C15 February 2009	24.1 °C	1,374 mm	110
2008	34.7 °C17 April 2008	15.7 °C28 January 2008	23.7 °C	1,404 mm	93
2007	34.8 °C16 March 2007	17.1 °C23 February 2007	24.2 °C	1,024 mm	168
2006	32.7 °C13 October 2006	16.6 °C9 January 2006	24.0 °C	1,301 mm	122
2005	34.7 °C19 March 2005	15.4 °C23 February 2005	24.1 °C	1,191 mm	147
2004	34.4 °C27 February 2004	16.5 °C24 December 2004	23.7 °C	1,357 mm	93
2003	34.6 °C7 April 2003	16.6 °C16 January 2003	23.8 °C	1,159 mm	139
2002	31.7 °C9 March 2002	15.5 °C31 October 2002	23.2 °C	1,349 mm	53
2001	33.5 °C7 March 2001	14.6 °C27 February 2001	23.0 °C	941 mm	39
2000	31.6 °C20 April 2000	15.3 °C16 December 2000	22.5 °C	1,231 mm	29
1999	31.6 °C7 September 1999	16.2 °C3 March 1999	22.8 °C	1,294 mm	30
1998	34.9 °C2 February 1998	16.1 °C13 March 1998	24.0 °C	1,235 mm	130
1997	32.4 °C6 October 1997	14.0 °C2 March 1997	23.2 °C	1,067 mm	64
1996	33.1 °C2 April 1996	16.0 °C27 January 1996	22.9 °C	1,438 mm	51
1995	33.4 °C7 April 1995	15.5 °C4 February 1995	23.3 °C	1,096 mm	92
1994	31.9 °C18 February 1994	14.8 °C21 January 1994	23.1 °C	1,333 mm	26
1993	32.9 °C18 March 1993	16.5 °C28 February 1993	23.2 °C	1,229 mm	60
1992	34.0 °C24 March 1992	14.7 °C19 December 1992	23.2 °C	1,364 mm	67
1991	32.0 °C27 February 1991	16.0 °C2 February 1991	23.0 °C	1,293 mm	35
1990	31.6 °C11 May 1990	15.4 °C22 December 1990	22.9 °C	1,461 mm	14
1989	31.5 °C11 April 1989	16.1 °C12 February 1989	22.8 °C	1,216 mm	22
1988	33.4 °C21 March 1988	15.3 °C20 January 1988	23.1 °C	1,296 mm	48
1987	34.7 °C24 March 1987	16.7 °C26 January 1987	23.9 °C	1,313 mm	100
1986	31.4 °C31 March 1986	15.8 °C1 March 1986	22.7 °C	1,421 mm	10
1985	31.3 °C17 September 1985	15.2 °C17 December 1985	22.5 °C	1,429 mm	22
1984	34.6 °C30 March 1984	16.1 °C3 January 1984	23.1 °C	1,219 mm	60
1983	34.8 °C11 March 1983	15.2 °C7 February 1983	23.6 °C	1,356 mm	78
1982	31.2 °C15 November 1982	15.1 °C25 January 1982	22.5 °C	1,374 mm	19
1981	32.7 °C19 March 1981	15.4 °C16 March 1981	22.9 °C	1,531 mm	39
1980	34.1 °C1 April 1980	15.6 °C17 February 1980	23.1 °C	969 mm	60
1979	32.9 °C26 January 1979	15.5 °C20 January 1979	22.9 °C	1,604 mm	46
1978	33.3 °C22 February 1978	15.3 °C15 January 1978	23.2 °C	1,675 mm	63
1977	33.0 °C24 February 1977	15.2 °C28 January 1977	23.1 °C	1,319 mm	77
1976	31.3 °C1 November 1976	14.5 °C31 January 1976	22.3 °C	1,368 mm	16
1975	32.3 °C8 April 1975	14.9 °C29 December 1975	22.4 °C	1,544 mm	18
1974	32.5 °C17 April 1974	16.5 °C30 January 1974	22.1 °C	1,445 mm	10
1973	32.1 °C8 April 1973	15.8 °C29 December 1973	22.5 °C	1,444 mm	25
1972	31.7 °C22 September 1972	14.5 °C19 February 1972	22.6 °C	1,561 mm	16
1971	31.3 °C25 April 1971	15.4 °C2 March 1971	22.0 °C	1,207 mm	11
1970	32.4 °C31 March 1970	14.1 °C7 February 1970	22.6 °C	1,478 mm	18
1969	33.7 °C10 March 1969	15.5 °C2 February 1969	23.0 °C	1,451 mm	32
1968	32.9 °C18 February 1968	15.4 °C6 February 1968	23.0 °C	1,362 mm	41
1967	32.4 °C25 February 1967	16.3 °C11 February 1967	22.8 °C	1,436 mm	25
1966	34.7 °C1 April 1966	14.9 °C4 March 1966	23.3 °C	1,372 mm	98
1965	32.7 °C3 March 1965	15.5 °C30 January 1965	22.8 °C	1,308 mm	47
1964	35.6 °C23 February 1964	14.1 °C3 February 1964	23.1 °C	1,425 mm	114
1963	32.8 °C22 October 1963	15.2 °C25 January 1963	23.5 °C	1,276 mm	108
1962	32.4 °C3 March 1962	14.7 °C13 March 1962	23.3 °C	1,143 mm	101
1961	34.6 °C16 April 1961	14.5 °C24 January 1961	23.2 °C	1,325 mm	87
1960	32.9 °C18 March 1960	15.6 °C8 February 1960	23.2 °C	1,183 mm	56
1959	33.9 °C1 March 1959	15.2 °C3 February 1959	23.2 °C	1,353 mm	82
1958	34.3 °C21 March 1958	15.5 °C1 February 1958	23.1 °C	1,053 mm	57
1957	32.8 °C23 March 1957	15.5 °C16 February 1957	22.3 °C	1,034 mm	13
1956	29.6 °C25 March 1956	15.0 °C8 January 1956	21.7 °C	1,492 mm	0
1955	30.2 °C28 April 1955	13.7 °C22 January 1955	21.8 °C	1,433 mm	1
1954	31.5 °C14 March 1954	14.3 °C29 December 1954	22.0 °C	1,320 mm	10
1953	32.4 °C4 April 1953	15.0 °C17 February 1953	22.4 °C	1,064 mm	15
1952	32.7 °C5 April 1952	15.6 °C5 February 1952	22.6 °C	1,046 mm	29
1951	31.6 °C14 April 1951	14.3 °C7 March 1951	22.3 °C	1,116 mm	14
1950	30.5 °C22 March 1950	15.1 °C8 January 1950	21.6 °C	1,760 mm	1
1949	30.3 °C15 March 1949	15.1 °C14 January 1949	21.9 °C	1,409 mm	1
1948	31.6 °C31 March 1948	15.2 °C21 January 1948	22.0 °C	1,213 mm	4
1947	33.1 °C16 March 1947	15.0 °C20 March 1947	22.2 °C	1,402 mm	27
1946	30.3 °C22 March 1946	15.1 °C11 March 1946	21.7 °C	1,703 mm	2
1945	30.6 °C14 March 1945	14.1 °C3 February 1945	21.8 °C	1,434 mm	3
1944	33.0 °C12 April 1944	14.6 °C29 January 1944	22.2 °C	1,182 mm	12
1943	29.0 °C22 September 1943	14.8 °C26 January 1943	21.4 °C	1,229 mm	0
1942	32.8 °C20 March 1942	16.5 °C8 January 1942	22.0 °C	1,560 mm	17
1941	35.2 °C29 March 1941	16.4 °C10 January 1941	22.6 °C	1,153 mm	54
1940	32.1 °C21 February 1940	15.3 °C10 February 1940	22.3 °C	1,110 mm	15

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

137 d/yr

+68

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1319 mm

+13 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.5 °C	+2.9 °C	40 mm	+7 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+2.3 °C	9 mm	-22 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+3.0 °C	25 mm	-31 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	+0.5 °C	257 mm	+110 mm
May	28.7 °C	+0.4 °C	231 mm	+42 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+1.6 °C	175 mm	+24 mm
Jul	28.4 °C	+1.1 °C	118 mm	-15 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	86 mm	-23 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	116 mm	+4 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+0.2 °C	134 mm	-25 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	81 mm	-44 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+1.2 °C	48 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.5 °C

15 Feb 2025

Wettest day

48.0 mm

19 Apr 2025

Windiest day

20.1 km/h

28 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

26 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

17 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.5 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

16 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chivacoa?

Chivacoa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chivacoa?

The hottest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chivacoa?

The coldest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1955, at 13.7 °C.

Does it snow in Chivacoa?

Almost never: Chivacoa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chivacoa warmed?

Yes: Chivacoa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chivacoa?

The wettest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2017, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chivacoa?

The windiest day measured in Chivacoa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2019, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chivacoa?

The warmest month in Chivacoa is May (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Chivacoa?

Chivacoa receives on average 1,306 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chivacoa?

Chivacoa gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chivacoa?

Yes: Chivacoa has on average 160 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chivacoa?

In Chivacoa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 21 March 2016, and the lowest was 13.9 °C on 22 January 1955.

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