Ciudad Piar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,406 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2015, reaching 36.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ciudad Piar?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1949, at 17.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ciudad Piar?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ciudad Piar warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Piar warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ciudad Piar?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1977, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ciudad Piar?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1947, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ciudad Piar?

The warmest month in Ciudad Piar is April (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar receives on average 1,406 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 184 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ciudad Piar (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,406 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Ciudad Piar averages 0 frost days, 183 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 184 rainy days per year.

Ciudad Piar has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 20 October 2015) and the coldest 17.8 °C (on 17 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 PiarBolívar

coords: 7.45°, -63.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

25.7°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,406mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

14.5km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

183 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

184 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.7 °C

Average feels-like low

25.6 °C

Average peak gust

36.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

36.7 °C

20 October 2015

Coldest day

17.8 °C

17 January 1949

Wettest day

223 mm

22 May 1977

Windiest day

26.4 km/h

12 March 1947

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

17 December 2015

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

21 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

19.2 °C

17 January 1949

Sunniest day

12.2 h

5 July 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.2 °C15 April 2025	21.5 °C20 December 2025	26.5 °C	1,225 mm	261
2024	35.7 °C26 March 2024	22.0 °C19 July 2024	27.3 °C	1,365 mm	326
2023	34.4 °C19 September 2023	19.5 °C31 January 2023	26.5 °C	1,386 mm	253
2022	33.6 °C7 April 2022	19.2 °C28 January 2022	25.6 °C	1,729 mm	169
2021	32.6 °C22 March 2021	20.2 °C2 March 2021	25.7 °C	1,655 mm	175
2020	35.3 °C25 May 2020	21.2 °C3 January 2020	26.5 °C	1,311 mm	260
2019	35.4 °C12 April 2019	20.8 °C26 January 2019	26.5 °C	1,326 mm	252
2018	34.4 °C26 March 2018	20.5 °C20 February 2018	26.3 °C	1,135 mm	268
2017	35.8 °C11 April 2017	20.9 °C10 January 2017	26.2 °C	1,576 mm	231
2016	36.1 °C20 March 2016	21.6 °C19 January 2016	26.7 °C	1,606 mm	277
2015	36.7 °C20 October 2015	21.3 °C1 March 2015	27.1 °C	904 mm	325
2014	35.3 °C19 May 2014	20.7 °C11 January 2014	26.5 °C	1,059 mm	296
2013	36.3 °C17 April 2013	20.1 °C28 July 2013	26.3 °C	1,392 mm	261
2012	33.3 °C20 November 2012	20.4 °C3 December 2012	25.9 °C	1,755 mm	222
2011	34.2 °C25 April 2011	20.3 °C21 January 2011	26.1 °C	1,819 mm	239
2010	35.2 °C24 February 2010	20.9 °C28 January 2010	26.6 °C	2,137 mm	259
2009	34.4 °C16 May 2009	20.6 °C20 February 2009	26.6 °C	892 mm	266
2008	33.9 °C5 April 2008	20.8 °C3 January 2008	25.8 °C	1,780 mm	189
2007	34.6 °C20 April 2007	20.7 °C31 January 2007	26.2 °C	1,655 mm	243
2006	34.4 °C14 April 2006	21.0 °C20 January 2006	26.1 °C	1,734 mm	230
2005	34.2 °C26 March 2005	20.1 °C27 December 2005	26.3 °C	1,566 mm	233
2004	34.9 °C9 April 2004	20.9 °C24 January 2004	26.1 °C	1,588 mm	236
2003	35.0 °C29 March 2003	21.4 °C25 February 2003	26.2 °C	1,417 mm	264
2002	35.5 °C7 April 2002	20.9 °C6 March 2002	26.4 °C	987 mm	279
2001	34.9 °C9 May 2001	20.0 °C3 January 2001	26.2 °C	1,016 mm	265
2000	33.8 °C2 May 2000	19.7 °C14 January 2000	25.6 °C	1,174 mm	181
1999	33.7 °C29 March 1999	20.0 °C25 December 1999	25.5 °C	1,808 mm	173
1998	34.9 °C9 February 1998	19.5 °C20 December 1998	26.4 °C	1,619 mm	250
1997	33.7 °C3 November 1997	20.6 °C4 March 1997	26.0 °C	809 mm	235
1996	33.8 °C15 March 1996	20.9 °C5 July 1996	25.7 °C	1,340 mm	205
1995	34.7 °C29 April 1995	20.1 °C8 January 1995	26.2 °C	1,351 mm	243
1994	33.8 °C14 May 1994	19.7 °C5 February 1994	25.9 °C	965 mm	196
1993	34.7 °C10 April 1993	20.0 °C12 September 1993	25.9 °C	1,219 mm	199
1992	33.4 °C3 April 1992	20.6 °C19 January 1992	25.7 °C	880 mm	176
1991	33.1 °C21 April 1991	19.1 °C15 January 1991	25.6 °C	1,050 mm	165
1990	33.2 °C12 July 1990	20.7 °C25 February 1990	25.7 °C	1,345 mm	169
1989	33.0 °C24 April 1989	19.3 °C15 February 1989	25.3 °C	1,164 mm	157
1988	35.9 °C21 May 1988	19.6 °C24 January 1988	26.0 °C	1,537 mm	206
1987	34.9 °C20 March 1987	19.8 °C20 January 1987	26.2 °C	1,356 mm	233
1986	34.3 °C26 April 1986	19.4 °C24 July 1986	25.5 °C	1,157 mm	146
1985	32.8 °C23 April 1985	19.5 °C19 January 1985	25.1 °C	1,352 mm	137
1984	33.4 °C26 March 1984	20.1 °C8 November 1984	25.3 °C	1,021 mm	144
1983	34.1 °C12 March 1983	20.3 °C27 January 1983	26.1 °C	843 mm	261
1982	33.0 °C21 March 1982	20.5 °C27 July 1982	25.8 °C	979 mm	232
1981	34.0 °C20 March 1981	20.2 °C22 July 1981	25.8 °C	1,564 mm	214
1980	34.0 °C1 May 1980	20.3 °C25 February 1980	25.6 °C	1,208 mm	195
1979	34.4 °C28 April 1979	19.3 °C6 January 1979	26.0 °C	1,468 mm	254
1978	34.0 °C2 April 1978	19.6 °C17 August 1978	25.7 °C	1,622 mm	212
1977	33.9 °C16 May 1977	20.2 °C8 July 1977	25.8 °C	1,457 mm	209
1976	33.0 °C1 October 1976	19.5 °C1 January 1976	25.0 °C	1,297 mm	104
1975	32.9 °C13 April 1975	18.6 °C29 December 1975	25.1 °C	1,452 mm	131
1974	33.4 °C18 May 1974	19.3 °C19 January 1974	25.1 °C	1,247 mm	116
1973	34.1 °C31 March 1973	20.1 °C29 December 1973	25.5 °C	1,486 mm	153
1972	32.6 °C26 August 1972	19.3 °C11 February 1972	25.2 °C	1,327 mm	111
1971	34.1 °C15 April 1971	19.6 °C12 January 1971	25.1 °C	1,187 mm	97
1970	33.2 °C23 April 1970	19.6 °C19 December 1970	25.4 °C	1,781 mm	139
1969	34.1 °C26 March 1969	20.2 °C8 January 1969	25.8 °C	1,802 mm	160
1968	33.1 °C7 April 1968	20.3 °C8 January 1968	25.7 °C	1,297 mm	199
1967	32.8 °C31 March 1967	20.2 °C10 February 1967	25.4 °C	1,020 mm	131
1966	33.8 °C7 April 1966	20.4 °C3 March 1966	25.9 °C	1,557 mm	199
1965	33.0 °C15 April 1965	19.6 °C27 February 1965	25.4 °C	1,121 mm	154
1964	33.4 °C27 April 1964	19.1 °C21 January 1964	25.8 °C	1,530 mm	198
1963	32.5 °C29 March 1963	20.5 °C17 January 1963	25.6 °C	1,752 mm	178
1962	34.1 °C30 April 1962	20.0 °C1 February 1962	25.6 °C	1,877 mm	193
1961	34.3 °C7 April 1961	20.1 °C4 August 1961	25.7 °C	1,729 mm	193
1960	33.5 °C14 April 1960	20.2 °C21 January 1960	25.9 °C	1,446 mm	222
1959	33.9 °C26 April 1959	20.7 °C8 February 1959	25.8 °C	1,257 mm	228
1958	35.4 °C19 April 1958	20.6 °C7 February 1958	26.2 °C	1,195 mm	231
1957	33.4 °C30 September 1957	19.6 °C23 January 1957	25.5 °C	1,033 mm	163
1956	31.8 °C30 March 1956	19.4 °C16 February 1956	24.5 °C	1,392 mm	43
1955	31.3 °C22 February 1955	19.0 °C20 January 1955	24.5 °C	1,766 mm	30
1954	33.0 °C23 March 1954	20.2 °C28 December 1954	24.9 °C	1,584 mm	80
1953	33.5 °C10 April 1953	20.7 °C7 January 1953	25.7 °C	996 mm	174
1952	34.1 °C24 April 1952	20.2 °C3 March 1952	25.6 °C	1,140 mm	124
1951	32.1 °C18 April 1951	20.2 °C3 January 1951	24.9 °C	1,554 mm	45
1950	31.8 °C25 April 1950	18.2 °C7 January 1950	24.5 °C	1,728 mm	37
1949	31.6 °C14 May 1949	17.8 °C17 January 1949	24.5 °C	1,422 mm	35
1948	32.3 °C20 February 1948	19.3 °C21 January 1948	24.7 °C	2,140 mm	46
1947	33.5 °C4 April 1947	20.1 °C28 November 1947	25.3 °C	1,436 mm	110
1946	31.4 °C9 October 1946	19.4 °C15 February 1946	24.8 °C	1,240 mm	50
1945	32.7 °C1 October 1945	18.9 °C7 January 1945	24.7 °C	1,577 mm	62
1944	33.7 °C13 April 1944	19.1 °C25 December 1944	24.9 °C	1,847 mm	91
1943	30.0 °C1 November 1943	18.7 °C8 February 1943	24.0 °C	1,892 mm	2
1942	34.2 °C20 April 1942	19.7 °C27 December 1942	24.8 °C	2,346 mm	104
1941	35.0 °C15 March 1941	21.1 °C8 February 1941	26.0 °C	935 mm	224
1940	34.0 °C26 February 1940	20.7 °C5 August 1940	25.5 °C	1,241 mm	142

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.9 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

261 d/yr

+78

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1225 mm

-181 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.4 °C	+2.1 °C	23 mm	-4 mm
Feb	31.5 °C	+1.3 °C	12 mm	-7 mm
Mar	33.3 °C	+2.0 °C	5 mm	-14 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	+0.5 °C	43 mm	-22 mm
May	30.3 °C	-0.2 °C	253 mm	+84 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	-0.1 °C	176 mm	-71 mm
Jul	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	199 mm	-57 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	234 mm	+14 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	-77 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+1.2 °C	76 mm	-33 mm
Nov	30.9 °C	+0.9 °C	69 mm	-23 mm
Dec	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	78 mm	+28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.2 °C

15 Apr 2025

Coldest day

21.5 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

39.5 mm

25 May 2025

Windiest day

24.9 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

18 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

8 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.5 °C

11 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

13 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,406 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Piar?

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2015, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ciudad Piar?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1949, at 17.8 °C.

Does it snow in Ciudad Piar?

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

Has the climate of Ciudad Piar warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Piar warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ciudad Piar?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1977, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ciudad Piar?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Piar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1947, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ciudad Piar?

The warmest month in Ciudad Piar is April (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar receives on average 1,406 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 184 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ciudad Piar?

Ciudad Piar gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ciudad Piar?

Yes: Ciudad Piar has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ciudad Piar?

In Ciudad Piar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 21 October 2015, and the lowest was 19.2 °C on 17 January 1949.

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