Ciudad Bolívar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,255 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Bolívar?

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2015, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1949, at 18.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ciudad Bolívar?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ciudad Bolívar warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Bolívar warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1993, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ciudad Bolívar?

The warmest month in Ciudad Bolívar is April (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar receives on average 1,255 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ciudad Bolívar (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,255 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 (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Ciudad Bolívar averages 0 frost days, 304 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.

Ciudad Bolívar has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 20 October 2015) and the coldest 18.3 °C (on 16 January 1949).

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

Ciudad BolívarBolívar

coords: 8.12°, -63.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

32.0°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,255mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

304 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

166 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.8 °C

Average feels-like low

26.7 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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

39.6 °C

20 October 2015

Coldest day

18.3 °C

16 January 1949

Wettest day

162 mm

30 April 1993

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

26 February 1946

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

26 February 1946

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

21 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

19.8 °C

7 January 1950

Sunniest day

12.3 h

8 July 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.1 °C15 April 2025	22.0 °C19 December 2025	27.8 °C	1,267 mm	343
2024	38.6 °C8 April 2024	22.7 °C27 January 2024	28.8 °C	1,271 mm	348
2023	37.9 °C25 December 2023	20.3 °C28 January 2023	28.1 °C	1,139 mm	349
2022	37.4 °C19 April 2022	19.6 °C27 January 2022	27.0 °C	1,335 mm	321
2021	36.3 °C3 April 2021	19.7 °C27 December 2021	26.9 °C	1,289 mm	312
2020	37.7 °C25 May 2020	21.6 °C5 January 2020	27.8 °C	1,207 mm	336
2019	39.0 °C12 April 2019	21.5 °C26 January 2019	27.9 °C	1,186 mm	338
2018	38.5 °C26 March 2018	21.3 °C3 December 2018	27.8 °C	989 mm	342
2017	39.4 °C26 April 2017	21.2 °C15 January 2017	27.6 °C	1,386 mm	336
2016	39.4 °C20 March 2016	22.1 °C15 December 2016	28.1 °C	1,475 mm	345
2015	39.6 °C20 October 2015	22.1 °C27 January 2015	28.6 °C	920 mm	360
2014	38.5 °C19 May 2014	21.7 °C26 January 2014	28.1 °C	1,008 mm	359
2013	39.3 °C17 April 2013	21.5 °C28 July 2013	27.8 °C	1,494 mm	347
2012	37.0 °C26 March 2012	19.6 °C3 December 2012	27.3 °C	1,474 mm	339
2011	37.6 °C26 April 2011	20.1 °C21 January 2011	27.4 °C	1,633 mm	351
2010	38.4 °C8 March 2010	21.4 °C1 January 2010	28.0 °C	1,925 mm	340
2009	37.9 °C16 May 2009	21.1 °C20 February 2009	28.3 °C	860 mm	354
2008	36.6 °C20 April 2008	21.4 °C25 January 2008	27.3 °C	1,505 mm	328
2007	37.6 °C12 April 2007	21.2 °C31 January 2007	27.6 °C	1,367 mm	323
2006	38.2 °C20 April 2006	22.0 °C6 February 2006	27.7 °C	1,412 mm	341
2005	37.5 °C26 March 2005	20.5 °C27 December 2005	27.8 °C	1,294 mm	341
2004	37.7 °C9 April 2004	21.5 °C31 January 2004	27.5 °C	1,366 mm	348
2003	37.7 °C2 May 2003	21.9 °C19 July 2003	27.7 °C	1,265 mm	339
2002	39.0 °C7 April 2002	21.1 °C11 January 2002	27.9 °C	1,045 mm	350
2001	37.8 °C9 May 2001	20.8 °C3 January 2001	27.8 °C	838 mm	351
2000	38.2 °C2 May 2000	20.7 °C18 December 2000	27.1 °C	941 mm	336
1999	37.3 °C29 March 1999	20.6 °C25 December 1999	26.9 °C	1,614 mm	294
1998	37.3 °C21 April 1998	21.1 °C20 December 1998	27.8 °C	1,204 mm	339
1997	36.8 °C3 November 1997	20.9 °C4 March 1997	27.3 °C	857 mm	330
1996	36.6 °C15 March 1996	21.1 °C11 July 1996	27.0 °C	1,310 mm	320
1995	37.8 °C29 April 1995	20.9 °C7 January 1995	27.6 °C	1,199 mm	334
1994	36.8 °C7 April 1994	21.0 °C18 January 1994	27.4 °C	895 mm	336
1993	37.2 °C10 April 1993	20.7 °C29 December 1993	27.2 °C	1,329 mm	337
1992	36.6 °C3 April 1992	20.6 °C23 January 1992	26.9 °C	904 mm	327
1991	35.9 °C3 May 1991	19.8 °C15 January 1991	26.9 °C	972 mm	315
1990	35.9 °C20 April 1990	21.5 °C6 December 1990	27.0 °C	1,237 mm	329
1989	35.9 °C24 April 1989	19.5 °C14 December 1989	26.7 °C	984 mm	332
1988	38.6 °C8 May 1988	20.1 °C24 January 1988	27.4 °C	1,319 mm	324
1987	37.7 °C20 March 1987	20.3 °C20 January 1987	27.6 °C	1,276 mm	329
1986	37.0 °C20 April 1986	19.9 °C15 January 1986	26.7 °C	1,046 mm	305
1985	35.4 °C17 April 1985	19.7 °C13 February 1985	26.4 °C	1,191 mm	292
1984	36.0 °C26 March 1984	21.1 °C31 August 1984	26.6 °C	876 mm	293
1983	37.1 °C2 April 1983	20.5 °C27 January 1983	27.4 °C	980 mm	350
1982	36.0 °C15 April 1982	20.9 °C27 July 1982	27.0 °C	1,071 mm	334
1981	36.6 °C20 March 1981	21.3 °C22 July 1981	27.0 °C	1,491 mm	315
1980	36.9 °C11 April 1980	19.9 °C3 December 1980	27.0 °C	1,082 mm	318
1979	38.4 °C1 May 1979	20.7 °C5 January 1979	27.4 °C	1,346 mm	332
1978	36.5 °C24 February 1978	20.2 °C18 January 1978	27.1 °C	1,433 mm	326
1977	36.9 °C15 April 1977	20.7 °C9 July 1977	27.2 °C	1,290 mm	329
1976	35.1 °C15 May 1976	20.1 °C11 February 1976	26.5 °C	1,096 mm	294
1975	36.1 °C7 April 1975	18.8 °C30 December 1975	26.5 °C	1,221 mm	299
1974	36.2 °C8 May 1974	20.0 °C18 January 1974	26.6 °C	1,134 mm	285
1973	36.6 °C24 May 1973	20.2 °C15 January 1973	26.8 °C	1,207 mm	260
1972	34.6 °C26 August 1972	20.2 °C11 February 1972	26.4 °C	1,163 mm	301
1971	36.3 °C18 April 1971	19.8 °C12 January 1971	26.4 °C	982 mm	272
1970	36.1 °C18 April 1970	20.0 °C15 January 1970	26.7 °C	1,471 mm	286
1969	36.6 °C26 March 1969	20.3 °C8 January 1969	27.0 °C	1,745 mm	305
1968	36.5 °C8 April 1968	21.2 °C10 January 1968	27.1 °C	1,170 mm	325
1967	36.1 °C31 March 1967	20.9 °C6 January 1967	27.0 °C	812 mm	322
1966	36.5 °C21 May 1966	20.3 °C10 January 1966	27.3 °C	1,237 mm	308
1965	35.4 °C15 April 1965	19.7 °C27 February 1965	26.9 °C	1,007 mm	313
1964	36.5 °C27 April 1964	19.5 °C21 January 1964	27.2 °C	1,198 mm	327
1963	35.6 °C13 April 1963	20.9 °C24 December 1963	26.9 °C	1,581 mm	322
1962	36.3 °C30 April 1962	20.2 °C1 February 1962	26.9 °C	1,644 mm	316
1961	36.3 °C30 March 1961	20.6 °C14 December 1961	27.1 °C	1,549 mm	318
1960	36.2 °C4 April 1960	20.3 °C5 January 1960	27.2 °C	1,353 mm	321
1959	36.3 °C28 April 1959	21.1 °C26 January 1959	27.1 °C	1,158 mm	324
1958	38.6 °C19 April 1958	21.5 °C1 February 1958	27.5 °C	1,177 mm	325
1957	36.0 °C19 April 1957	19.4 °C18 January 1957	26.8 °C	1,038 mm	283
1956	35.0 °C30 March 1956	20.1 °C31 January 1956	25.7 °C	1,264 mm	150
1955	34.7 °C8 April 1955	19.2 °C23 January 1955	25.8 °C	1,445 mm	189
1954	36.9 °C23 March 1954	20.8 °C28 December 1954	26.2 °C	1,324 mm	213
1953	36.1 °C8 April 1953	21.0 °C17 February 1953	27.0 °C	907 mm	307
1952	36.6 °C24 April 1952	20.8 °C3 March 1952	26.8 °C	1,090 mm	273
1951	35.3 °C11 April 1951	20.1 °C3 January 1951	26.1 °C	1,418 mm	229
1950	34.5 °C17 April 1950	18.3 °C7 January 1950	25.7 °C	1,374 mm	177
1949	34.7 °C14 May 1949	18.3 °C16 January 1949	25.6 °C	1,251 mm	151
1948	34.8 °C20 February 1948	20.3 °C21 January 1948	25.9 °C	1,858 mm	191
1947	36.7 °C11 April 1947	20.3 °C18 December 1947	26.6 °C	1,336 mm	247
1946	34.7 °C31 March 1946	19.7 °C15 February 1946	25.9 °C	1,181 mm	242
1945	34.4 °C24 March 1945	18.8 °C7 January 1945	25.9 °C	1,409 mm	217
1944	37.0 °C18 April 1944	20.0 °C25 December 1944	26.2 °C	1,650 mm	225
1943	31.7 °C17 December 1943	19.4 °C8 February 1943	25.0 °C	1,658 mm	101
1942	37.5 °C20 April 1942	20.3 °C27 December 1942	26.0 °C	2,057 mm	167
1941	38.0 °C15 March 1941	21.3 °C20 January 1941	27.5 °C	813 mm	330
1940	37.1 °C26 February 1940	21.3 °C12 February 1940	26.9 °C	1,110 mm	291

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

343 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1267 mm

+12 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.9 °C	+2.1 °C	11 mm	-6 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Mar	35.9 °C	+2.0 °C	3 mm	-10 mm
Apr	34.6 °C	+0.3 °C	35 mm	-22 mm
May	31.8 °C	-0.9 °C	258 mm	+106 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	-0.3 °C	209 mm	-15 mm
Jul	31.0 °C	+0.7 °C	209 mm	-25 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	232 mm	+24 mm
Sep	32.4 °C	+0.8 °C	105 mm	-26 mm
Oct	33.2 °C	+1.2 °C	88 mm	-13 mm
Nov	32.5 °C	+0.7 °C	72 mm	-3 mm
Dec	32.4 °C	+1.0 °C	43 mm	+9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.1 °C

15 Apr 2025

Coldest day

22.0 °C

19 Dec 2025

Wettest day

42.2 mm

8 Aug 2025

Windiest day

25.0 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.6 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,255 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Bolívar?

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2015, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1949, at 18.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ciudad Bolívar?

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

Has the climate of Ciudad Bolívar warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Bolívar warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1993, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ciudad Bolívar?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Bolívar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ciudad Bolívar?

The warmest month in Ciudad Bolívar is April (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar receives on average 1,255 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ciudad Bolívar?

Yes: Ciudad Bolívar has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ciudad Bolívar?

In Ciudad Bolívar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 21 October 2015, and the lowest was 19.8 °C on 7 January 1950.

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