El Vigía climate — normals and trends
El Vigía (Venezuela) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 5,333 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 August (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
El Vigía averages 0 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 349 rainy days per year.
El Vigía has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 24 May 2020) and the coldest 13.5 °C (on 10 March 1943).
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 VigíaMérida
- coords
- 8.61°, -71.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.9°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
19.7°C
Annual rainfall
5,333mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
2.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
349 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.1 °C
Average feels-like low
22.2 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
163 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
24 May 2020
Coldest day
13.5 °C
10 March 1943
Wettest day
245 mm
11 May 1950
Windiest day
10.7 km/h
1 February 1964
Strongest gust
45.7 km/h
13 July 1997
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
24 May 2020
Coldest feels-like
13.2 °C
10 March 1943
Sunniest day
12.2 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 230 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 26.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 166 mm | -97 mm |
| Mar | 27.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 198 mm | -162 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 777 mm | +170 mm |
| May | 27.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 628 mm | -77 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 693 mm | +72 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 462 mm | -82 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 336 mm | -111 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 230 mm | -164 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 452 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 26.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 408 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 26.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 141 mm | -182 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Vigía?
El Vigía has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 5,333 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Vigía?
The hottest day measured in El Vigía between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 2020, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Vigía?
The coldest day measured in El Vigía between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1943, at 13.5 °C.
Does it snow in El Vigía?
Almost never: El Vigía sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Vigía warmed?
Yes: El Vigía warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Vigía?
The wettest day measured in El Vigía between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1950, with 245 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Vigía?
The windiest day measured in El Vigía between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1964, with winds reaching 10.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Vigía?
The warmest month in El Vigía is August (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Vigía?
El Vigía receives on average 5,333 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 349 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Vigía?
El Vigía gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Vigía?
Yes: El Vigía has on average 163 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Vigía?
In El Vigía, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 24 May 2020, and the lowest was 13.2 °C on 10 March 1943.
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