Cumaná climate — normals and trends
Cumaná (Venezuela) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 489 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 September (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Cumaná averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Cumaná has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 10 October 2024) and the coldest 20.4 °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
CumanáSucre
- coords
- 10.46°, -64.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
26.6°C
Average daily low
24.4°C
Annual rainfall
489mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
23.9km/h
Seasonal range
2.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.7 °C
Average feels-like low
26.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
30.9 °C
10 October 2024
Coldest day
20.4 °C
16 January 1949
Wettest day
112 mm
26 March 2007
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
4 May 2015
Strongest gust
63.4 km/h
4 May 2015
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
21 September 2017
Coldest feels-like
20.8 °C
15 January 1950
Sunniest day
12.6 h
27 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 26.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 26.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 28 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 27.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 93 mm | +41 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 43 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 56 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 51 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 28.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 54 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 30 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 26.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 22 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cumaná?
Cumaná has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cumaná?
The hottest day measured in Cumaná between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 2024, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cumaná?
The coldest day measured in Cumaná between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1949, at 20.4 °C.
Does it snow in Cumaná?
Almost never: Cumaná sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cumaná warmed?
Yes: Cumaná warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cumaná?
The wettest day measured in Cumaná between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2007, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cumaná?
The windiest day measured in Cumaná between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2015, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cumaná?
The warmest month in Cumaná is September (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Cumaná?
Cumaná receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cumaná?
Cumaná gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Cumaná?
Yes: Cumaná has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cumaná?
In Cumaná, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 21 September 2017, and the lowest was 20.8 °C on 15 January 1950.
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