Concepción climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Concepción?

Concepción has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 960 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2020, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Concepción?

The coldest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1956, at 20.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Concepción?

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

Q: Has the climate of Concepción warmed?

Yes: Concepción warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Concepción?

The wettest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1970, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Concepción?

The windiest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2004, with winds reaching 34.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Concepción?

The warmest month in Concepción is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is November (27.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Concepción?

Concepción receives on average 960 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Concepción?

Concepción gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Concepción (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 960 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 July (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is November (27.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Concepción averages 0 frost days, 333 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.

Concepción has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 26 May 2020) and the coldest 20.2 °C (on 8 January 1956).

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

ConcepciónZulia

coords: 10.41°, -71.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJulyColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

32.5°C

Average daily low

25.2°C

Annual rainfall

960mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

333 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

188 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

38.0 °C

Average feels-like low

29.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

40.2 °C

26 May 2020

Coldest day

20.2 °C

8 January 1956

Wettest day

153 mm

15 January 1970

Windiest day

34.2 km/h

4 March 2004

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

1 March 2015

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

26 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

21.6 °C

3 March 1955

Sunniest day

12.3 h

27 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C3 August 2025	23.2 °C1 October 2025	29.5 °C	748 mm	361
2024	38.3 °C16 September 2024	23.5 °C23 September 2024	29.8 °C	921 mm	364
2023	38.5 °C31 August 2023	23.2 °C19 February 2023	29.7 °C	587 mm	364
2022	36.6 °C30 March 2022	23.0 °C30 January 2022	28.6 °C	1,050 mm	354
2021	36.2 °C23 July 2021	21.6 °C1 November 2021	28.8 °C	605 mm	357
2020	40.2 °C26 May 2020	22.5 °C18 March 2020	29.2 °C	723 mm	356
2019	37.4 °C10 August 2019	22.6 °C13 December 2019	29.3 °C	433 mm	360
2018	37.5 °C20 July 2018	23.6 °C22 February 2018	29.2 °C	544 mm	363
2017	36.5 °C4 June 2017	23.2 °C11 January 2017	29.0 °C	765 mm	361
2016	38.1 °C26 March 2016	24.0 °C13 January 2016	29.7 °C	791 mm	363
2015	39.5 °C30 April 2015	24.5 °C24 January 2015	30.5 °C	373 mm	363
2014	38.0 °C8 April 2014	24.0 °C11 January 2014	30.0 °C	546 mm	363
2013	36.8 °C13 April 2013	23.6 °C1 November 2013	29.5 °C	825 mm	362
2012	36.7 °C15 September 2012	23.4 °C21 January 2012	29.2 °C	880 mm	363
2011	36.2 °C1 April 2011	22.6 °C20 December 2011	28.3 °C	1,615 mm	352
2010	38.2 °C13 March 2010	23.3 °C19 November 2010	28.8 °C	1,744 mm	346
2009	37.9 °C6 September 2009	23.3 °C7 February 2009	29.5 °C	692 mm	361
2008	36.7 °C18 April 2008	22.5 °C3 February 2008	28.7 °C	1,013 mm	357
2007	38.5 °C28 February 2007	23.1 °C5 December 2007	28.8 °C	1,125 mm	356
2006	37.4 °C1 July 2006	22.7 °C9 January 2006	29.0 °C	950 mm	358
2005	37.6 °C10 September 2005	22.2 °C19 January 2005	28.9 °C	1,038 mm	357
2004	38.3 °C3 September 2004	23.1 °C1 January 2004	28.8 °C	923 mm	358
2003	37.4 °C3 May 2003	23.0 °C24 March 2003	28.9 °C	836 mm	357
2002	37.6 °C15 August 2002	22.8 °C12 April 2002	29.2 °C	482 mm	362
2001	37.2 °C22 August 2001	21.7 °C21 February 2001	28.6 °C	548 mm	357
2000	35.6 °C27 April 2000	21.2 °C17 January 2000	28.0 °C	668 mm	353
1999	36.7 °C17 April 1999	22.1 °C28 December 1999	28.0 °C	860 mm	342
1998	38.0 °C4 March 1998	23.2 °C13 December 1998	28.9 °C	954 mm	356
1997	37.6 °C24 July 1997	22.9 °C23 January 1997	29.2 °C	474 mm	362
1996	36.0 °C20 February 1996	22.7 °C24 January 1996	28.4 °C	840 mm	349
1995	36.3 °C9 April 1995	23.3 °C18 August 1995	28.5 °C	846 mm	354
1994	35.9 °C12 March 1994	23.3 °C30 January 1994	28.7 °C	756 mm	347
1993	38.0 °C13 March 1993	23.1 °C13 January 1993	28.6 °C	951 mm	355
1992	37.1 °C25 February 1992	22.6 °C18 December 1992	28.5 °C	898 mm	350
1991	37.6 °C12 September 1991	22.9 °C22 January 1991	28.8 °C	648 mm	359
1990	35.8 °C7 March 1990	22.7 °C7 January 1990	28.4 °C	994 mm	348
1989	36.4 °C4 April 1989	21.6 °C9 January 1989	28.3 °C	902 mm	345
1988	37.1 °C23 April 1988	22.5 °C5 December 1988	28.3 °C	1,275 mm	341
1987	37.2 °C19 April 1987	23.3 °C5 January 1987	28.5 °C	1,090 mm	347
1986	36.5 °C8 August 1986	22.3 °C24 November 1986	27.9 °C	1,130 mm	323
1985	36.1 °C14 April 1985	20.9 °C17 December 1985	27.7 °C	1,207 mm	310
1984	36.3 °C30 March 1984	22.2 °C18 December 1984	28.2 °C	813 mm	341
1983	37.7 °C16 March 1983	22.3 °C9 February 1983	28.7 °C	862 mm	351
1982	36.6 °C5 March 1982	22.3 °C8 January 1982	28.1 °C	746 mm	339
1981	36.4 °C30 March 1981	22.8 °C23 December 1981	27.8 °C	1,317 mm	337
1980	37.7 °C31 March 1980	22.2 °C13 January 1980	28.6 °C	668 mm	356
1979	36.4 °C14 April 1979	21.5 °C18 January 1979	28.0 °C	1,263 mm	341
1978	36.7 °C12 March 1978	23.3 °C28 December 1978	28.2 °C	1,306 mm	350
1977	36.7 °C5 March 1977	23.2 °C13 January 1977	28.6 °C	854 mm	355
1976	36.0 °C2 September 1976	21.5 °C11 January 1976	28.1 °C	711 mm	348
1975	35.3 °C1 April 1975	20.4 °C29 December 1975	27.5 °C	1,202 mm	306
1974	35.5 °C15 April 1974	21.4 °C28 December 1974	27.2 °C	1,327 mm	312
1973	35.8 °C25 February 1973	21.8 °C3 December 1973	27.7 °C	1,309 mm	296
1972	37.7 °C31 July 1972	22.7 °C25 January 1972	28.4 °C	853 mm	353
1971	36.5 °C25 March 1971	22.5 °C29 January 1971	27.6 °C	909 mm	332
1970	38.2 °C23 April 1970	22.3 °C22 January 1970	27.6 °C	1,745 mm	308
1969	37.9 °C5 April 1969	21.2 °C1 February 1969	28.1 °C	1,463 mm	333
1968	36.6 °C4 April 1968	22.5 °C4 February 1968	28.2 °C	1,047 mm	355
1967	35.0 °C20 February 1967	22.6 °C21 March 1967	28.2 °C	979 mm	347
1966	35.8 °C3 April 1966	22.2 °C13 February 1966	28.0 °C	1,336 mm	339
1965	35.5 °C29 April 1965	22.2 °C30 January 1965	28.1 °C	963 mm	343
1964	35.7 °C3 January 1964	21.8 °C22 December 1964	27.7 °C	1,223 mm	332
1963	36.2 °C7 October 1963	21.8 °C13 January 1963	28.4 °C	977 mm	343
1962	35.4 °C10 July 1962	22.3 °C13 March 1962	28.4 °C	870 mm	351
1961	35.2 °C5 June 1961	21.4 °C13 December 1961	28.3 °C	804 mm	347
1960	35.1 °C14 April 1960	22.2 °C16 December 1960	28.1 °C	1,208 mm	336
1959	36.0 °C24 September 1959	22.8 °C19 October 1959	28.1 °C	927 mm	344
1958	36.2 °C11 March 1958	23.2 °C15 December 1958	28.5 °C	902 mm	355
1957	35.1 °C14 September 1957	21.8 °C25 February 1957	27.9 °C	618 mm	335
1956	33.0 °C31 July 1956	20.2 °C8 January 1956	27.0 °C	952 mm	221
1955	32.8 °C21 August 1955	21.4 °C26 January 1955	26.6 °C	1,380 mm	225
1954	33.5 °C19 September 1954	22.1 °C29 January 1954	27.1 °C	1,030 mm	265
1953	34.6 °C13 August 1953	22.5 °C24 February 1953	27.9 °C	765 mm	355
1952	34.6 °C5 April 1952	22.6 °C12 November 1952	27.7 °C	885 mm	336
1951	34.2 °C30 July 1951	21.2 °C8 January 1951	27.5 °C	940 mm	331
1950	34.1 °C23 March 1950	21.1 °C8 January 1950	26.6 °C	1,471 mm	255
1949	33.8 °C14 April 1949	21.2 °C15 December 1949	27.2 °C	930 mm	295
1948	35.0 °C12 February 1948	22.2 °C21 January 1948	27.2 °C	1,094 mm	267
1947	35.4 °C19 April 1947	21.8 °C27 November 1947	27.2 °C	1,065 mm	260
1946	33.8 °C16 February 1946	21.2 °C10 January 1946	27.2 °C	883 mm	273
1945	33.7 °C15 March 1945	21.3 °C22 February 1945	26.6 °C	1,165 mm	197
1944	34.7 °C4 April 1944	21.6 °C29 December 1944	27.1 °C	1,242 mm	245
1943	33.4 °C9 December 1943	21.7 °C8 February 1943	26.8 °C	956 mm	245
1942	35.1 °C21 March 1942	22.2 °C6 December 1942	26.8 °C	1,756 mm	213
1941	36.7 °C23 March 1941	22.5 °C13 January 1941	28.0 °C	721 mm	356
1940	36.2 °C12 March 1940	22.2 °C11 February 1940	27.5 °C	865 mm	285

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.1 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

361 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

748 mm

-212 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.6 °C	+0.1 °C	12 mm	+2 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Mar	33.7 °C	-0.1 °C	6 mm	-11 mm
Apr	33.3 °C	+0.2 °C	79 mm	+2 mm
May	32.2 °C	+0.1 °C	142 mm	-7 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+0.4 °C	73 mm	-33 mm
Jul	33.7 °C	+0.9 °C	26 mm	-51 mm
Aug	33.9 °C	+1.0 °C	91 mm	-6 mm
Sep	33.8 °C	+1.3 °C	72 mm	-40 mm
Oct	32.1 °C	+0.5 °C	179 mm	+23 mm
Nov	32.8 °C	+1.5 °C	47 mm	-72 mm
Dec	32.6 °C	+0.7 °C	20 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

23.2 °C

1 Oct 2025

Wettest day

20.4 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

25.2 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

48.2 km/h

11 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

10 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.1 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Concepción?

Concepción has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 960 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Concepción?

The hottest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2020, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Concepción?

The coldest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1956, at 20.2 °C.

Does it snow in Concepción?

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

Has the climate of Concepción warmed?

Yes: Concepción warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Concepción?

The wettest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1970, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Concepción?

The windiest day measured in Concepción between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2004, with winds reaching 34.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Concepción?

The warmest month in Concepción is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is November (27.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Concepción?

Concepción receives on average 960 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Concepción?

Concepción gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Concepción?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Concepción?

In Concepción, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 26 May 2020, and the lowest was 21.6 °C on 3 March 1955.

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