El Limón climate — normals and trends
El Limón (Venezuela) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.5 °C and it receives 1,659 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
El Limón averages 0 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 265 rainy days per year.
El Limón has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 8 May 2020) and the coldest 15.5 °C (on 21 January 1964).
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
El LimónAragua
- coords
- 10.31°, -67.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.5°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
21.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,659mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
265 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.2 °C
Average feels-like low
24.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
295 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
34.0 °C
8 May 2020
Coldest day
15.5 °C
21 January 1964
Wettest day
115 mm
28 November 1987
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
6 August 2019
Strongest gust
69.5 km/h
26 August 1942
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
11 April 1998
Coldest feels-like
16.2 °C
26 January 1965
Sunniest day
12.6 h
26 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 62 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 26.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 28 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 27.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 52 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 26.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 312 mm | +140 mm |
| May | 28.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 295 mm | +83 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 248 mm | +70 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 121 mm | -58 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 134 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 173 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 28.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 119 mm | -76 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 153 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 26.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 99 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Limón?
El Limón has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.5 °C and it receives 1,659 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Limón?
The hottest day measured in El Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 2020, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Limón?
The coldest day measured in El Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1964, at 15.5 °C.
Does it snow in El Limón?
Almost never: El Limón sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Limón warmed?
Yes: El Limón warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Limón?
The wettest day measured in El Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1987, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Limón?
The windiest day measured in El Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2019, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Limón?
The warmest month in El Limón is September (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.8 °C).
How much does it rain in El Limón?
El Limón receives on average 1,659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 265 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Limón?
El Limón gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Limón?
Yes: El Limón has on average 295 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Limón?
In El Limón, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 11 April 1998, and the lowest was 16.2 °C on 26 January 1965.
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