Puerto Ayacucho climate — normals and trends
Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 3,081 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 February (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puerto Ayacucho averages 0 frost days, 191 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 265 rainy days per year.
Puerto Ayacucho has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 23 March 1940) and the coldest 18.8 °C (on 15 August 1978).
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
Puerto AyacuchoAmazonas
- coords
- 5.66°, -67.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
30.2°C
Average daily low
22.8°C
Annual rainfall
3,081mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
3.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
191 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
265 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
36.1 °C
Average feels-like low
26.8 °C
Average peak gust
25.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
38.1 °C
23 March 1940
Coldest day
18.8 °C
15 August 1978
Wettest day
190 mm
27 May 2014
Windiest day
23.0 km/h
25 January 1950
Strongest gust
55.1 km/h
23 December 2008
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
17 March 1983
Coldest feels-like
19.0 °C
8 January 1950
Sunniest day
12.2 h
23 May 2014
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 | 32.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 77 mm | +44 mm |
| Feb | 33.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 33.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 137 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 30.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 310 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 28.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 584 mm | +137 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 603 mm | +134 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 333 mm | -102 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 404 mm | +58 mm |
| Sep | 30.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 214 mm | -78 mm |
| Oct | 30.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 252 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 30.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 243 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 31.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 39 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Ayacucho?
Puerto Ayacucho has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 3,081 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Ayacucho?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Ayacucho between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1940, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Ayacucho?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Ayacucho between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1978, at 18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Ayacucho?
Almost never: Puerto Ayacucho sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Ayacucho warmed?
Yes: Puerto Ayacucho warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Ayacucho?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Ayacucho between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 2014, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Ayacucho?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Ayacucho between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1950, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Ayacucho?
The warmest month in Puerto Ayacucho is February (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Ayacucho?
Puerto Ayacucho receives on average 3,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 265 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Ayacucho?
Puerto Ayacucho gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Ayacucho?
Yes: Puerto Ayacucho has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Ayacucho?
In Puerto Ayacucho, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 17 March 1983, and the lowest was 19.0 °C on 8 January 1950.
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