Puerto Píritu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,352 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Píritu?

The hottest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2006, reaching 38.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Puerto Píritu?

The coldest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1964, at 18.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Puerto Píritu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Puerto Píritu warmed?

Yes: Puerto Píritu warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Puerto Píritu?

The wettest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1940, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Puerto Píritu?

The windiest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1953, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Puerto Píritu?

The warmest month in Puerto Píritu is May (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu receives on average 1,352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Puerto Píritu (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,352 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 May (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Puerto Píritu averages 0 frost days, 263 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 197 rainy days per year.

Puerto Píritu has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 20 April 2006) and the coldest 18.6 °C (on 12 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

Puerto PírituAnzoátegui

coords: 10.06°, -65.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.5°C

Average daily high

31.2°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,352mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

16.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

263 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

197 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

27.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

38.9 °C

20 April 2006

Coldest day

18.6 °C

12 January 1964

Wettest day

116 mm

19 June 1940

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

23 February 1953

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

23 February 1953

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

1 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

19.7 °C

26 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.6 h

13 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C30 October 2025	21.3 °C23 December 2025	27.7 °C	1,246 mm	342
2024	38.3 °C5 February 2024	21.8 °C6 December 2024	28.4 °C	1,006 mm	362
2023	37.1 °C8 May 2023	19.0 °C19 February 2023	27.9 °C	1,111 mm	353
2022	37.0 °C16 April 2022	19.7 °C6 January 2022	26.8 °C	1,559 mm	310
2021	35.6 °C23 April 2021	19.9 °C5 January 2021	26.4 °C	1,373 mm	266
2020	37.3 °C21 May 2020	21.5 °C8 January 2020	27.3 °C	1,168 mm	329
2019	35.8 °C16 February 2019	20.6 °C2 January 2019	27.0 °C	1,124 mm	320
2018	37.4 °C8 May 2018	20.8 °C19 February 2018	27.1 °C	1,167 mm	307
2017	37.7 °C24 April 2017	19.8 °C2 January 2017	26.9 °C	1,352 mm	299
2016	38.3 °C31 March 2016	21.9 °C2 February 2016	27.8 °C	1,556 mm	346
2015	38.5 °C29 April 2015	20.8 °C28 January 2015	28.0 °C	1,074 mm	358
2014	37.5 °C7 May 2014	20.2 °C25 January 2014	27.5 °C	1,230 mm	356
2013	37.1 °C16 April 2013	20.7 °C23 December 2013	27.5 °C	1,380 mm	349
2012	36.2 °C8 September 2012	21.4 °C21 February 2012	27.2 °C	1,725 mm	319
2011	36.2 °C8 May 2011	20.5 °C19 January 2011	27.3 °C	1,849 mm	313
2010	38.6 °C4 March 2010	20.5 °C4 January 2010	28.0 °C	1,813 mm	346
2009	38.3 °C6 June 2009	21.4 °C26 February 2009	27.6 °C	941 mm	320
2008	36.8 °C26 April 2008	20.3 °C28 January 2008	27.0 °C	1,551 mm	280
2007	38.0 °C12 May 2007	20.2 °C30 December 2007	27.1 °C	1,514 mm	288
2006	38.9 °C20 April 2006	20.7 °C1 January 2006	27.3 °C	1,318 mm	310
2005	37.2 °C15 April 2005	20.8 °C23 December 2005	27.6 °C	1,504 mm	313
2004	36.9 °C8 April 2004	20.9 °C8 February 2004	27.0 °C	1,602 mm	332
2003	36.6 °C24 May 2003	21.2 °C17 January 2003	27.2 °C	1,297 mm	345
2002	37.0 °C11 October 2002	20.8 °C10 January 2002	26.8 °C	1,211 mm	310
2001	37.7 °C18 May 2001	19.2 °C30 January 2001	26.5 °C	1,018 mm	300
2000	35.6 °C9 May 2000	20.2 °C18 February 2000	26.1 °C	1,255 mm	271
1999	37.3 °C22 May 1999	20.4 °C6 March 1999	26.3 °C	1,368 mm	250
1998	38.0 °C4 February 1998	20.9 °C21 December 1998	27.1 °C	1,437 mm	319
1997	36.2 °C10 May 1997	19.4 °C14 December 1997	26.1 °C	1,232 mm	248
1996	35.7 °C10 April 1996	20.6 °C6 February 1996	26.2 °C	1,507 mm	262
1995	37.1 °C9 May 1995	19.7 °C7 January 1995	26.7 °C	1,236 mm	314
1994	37.3 °C29 April 1994	19.1 °C2 February 1994	26.5 °C	1,132 mm	255
1993	38.3 °C23 April 1993	20.2 °C24 January 1993	26.7 °C	1,314 mm	280
1992	36.8 °C19 April 1992	19.7 °C4 February 1992	26.4 °C	1,246 mm	290
1991	35.9 °C3 June 1991	19.9 °C2 February 1991	26.3 °C	1,236 mm	256
1990	35.1 °C5 April 1990	20.1 °C6 January 1990	26.4 °C	1,446 mm	247
1989	36.9 °C22 April 1989	19.5 °C14 January 1989	26.0 °C	1,186 mm	256
1988	38.3 °C8 May 1988	19.3 °C24 January 1988	26.5 °C	1,393 mm	253
1987	38.1 °C21 March 1987	19.0 °C5 January 1987	27.1 °C	1,326 mm	323
1986	36.9 °C15 April 1986	19.3 °C5 February 1986	26.0 °C	1,395 mm	218
1985	35.5 °C23 April 1985	19.3 °C3 February 1985	25.7 °C	1,616 mm	222
1984	35.8 °C29 March 1984	20.3 °C28 January 1984	26.2 °C	1,295 mm	251
1983	37.3 °C13 March 1983	19.9 °C10 February 1983	26.9 °C	1,328 mm	308
1982	35.1 °C11 May 1982	20.5 °C15 January 1982	26.1 °C	1,307 mm	260
1981	34.5 °C28 March 1981	20.5 °C21 January 1981	26.5 °C	1,547 mm	297
1980	37.7 °C11 May 1980	19.7 °C2 March 1980	26.6 °C	1,206 mm	296
1979	37.3 °C1 May 1979	19.8 °C8 February 1979	26.7 °C	1,549 mm	309
1978	36.4 °C26 March 1978	20.0 °C18 January 1978	26.6 °C	1,501 mm	307
1977	36.2 °C16 April 1977	20.1 °C1 February 1977	26.6 °C	1,240 mm	323
1976	35.2 °C24 May 1976	19.4 °C25 December 1976	25.9 °C	1,180 mm	217
1975	35.2 °C2 March 1975	18.6 °C5 January 1975	26.1 °C	1,480 mm	260
1974	34.9 °C20 April 1974	19.6 °C4 January 1974	25.9 °C	1,228 mm	224
1973	36.1 °C10 June 1973	19.5 °C29 December 1973	26.3 °C	1,352 mm	240
1972	34.9 °C2 June 1972	19.9 °C27 January 1972	26.2 °C	1,290 mm	231
1971	35.6 °C22 April 1971	19.5 °C1 March 1971	25.6 °C	1,060 mm	187
1970	35.4 °C14 April 1970	20.5 °C8 February 1970	26.1 °C	1,396 mm	230
1969	37.2 °C10 March 1969	19.3 °C7 January 1969	26.6 °C	1,324 mm	286
1968	35.0 °C1 May 1968	18.9 °C10 January 1968	26.3 °C	1,170 mm	285
1967	35.3 °C9 April 1967	19.6 °C2 January 1967	26.1 °C	1,014 mm	222
1966	36.1 °C8 May 1966	19.6 °C28 January 1966	26.4 °C	1,251 mm	267
1965	36.1 °C6 May 1965	19.5 °C9 February 1965	26.2 °C	1,165 mm	287
1964	36.8 °C10 May 1964	18.6 °C12 January 1964	26.2 °C	1,343 mm	276
1963	35.5 °C15 April 1963	19.7 °C25 January 1963	26.6 °C	1,391 mm	325
1962	35.6 °C8 May 1962	19.3 °C26 February 1962	26.5 °C	1,364 mm	293
1961	37.0 °C18 May 1961	19.7 °C18 December 1961	26.4 °C	1,391 mm	312
1960	35.0 °C27 April 1960	19.1 °C21 December 1960	26.4 °C	1,352 mm	297
1959	36.0 °C23 April 1959	20.0 °C30 January 1959	26.3 °C	1,319 mm	314
1958	38.5 °C18 April 1958	20.9 °C1 February 1958	26.5 °C	1,258 mm	271
1957	36.0 °C20 March 1957	19.2 °C18 January 1957	25.7 °C	1,002 mm	204
1956	33.8 °C12 April 1956	19.6 °C31 January 1956	25.2 °C	1,389 mm	98
1955	33.4 °C20 February 1955	18.8 °C19 January 1955	25.2 °C	1,404 mm	112
1954	35.1 °C21 March 1954	20.1 °C3 February 1954	25.4 °C	1,455 mm	149
1953	35.6 °C8 April 1953	19.8 °C13 February 1953	25.9 °C	1,139 mm	206
1952	36.3 °C12 May 1952	19.9 °C16 January 1952	26.0 °C	1,179 mm	222
1951	35.4 °C10 April 1951	19.6 °C3 January 1951	25.6 °C	1,388 mm	159
1950	33.8 °C15 April 1950	19.7 °C29 January 1950	25.1 °C	1,667 mm	107
1949	34.5 °C19 May 1949	19.7 °C15 January 1949	25.2 °C	1,418 mm	124
1948	33.5 °C28 April 1948	20.1 °C5 February 1948	25.4 °C	1,867 mm	143
1947	34.9 °C9 March 1947	20.1 °C3 January 1947	25.6 °C	1,389 mm	166
1946	34.7 °C22 March 1946	19.3 °C5 January 1946	25.4 °C	1,372 mm	140
1945	33.8 °C10 May 1945	19.5 °C14 January 1945	25.3 °C	1,428 mm	137
1944	35.1 °C15 April 1944	19.6 °C21 February 1944	25.5 °C	1,911 mm	168
1943	32.0 °C21 October 1943	19.4 °C30 January 1943	25.0 °C	1,536 mm	95
1942	36.3 °C26 March 1942	20.2 °C7 January 1942	25.6 °C	1,816 mm	183
1941	36.5 °C13 April 1941	20.5 °C11 February 1941	26.2 °C	1,145 mm	271
1940	36.6 °C9 March 1940	20.4 °C29 January 1940	25.9 °C	1,450 mm	222

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.4 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

342 d/yr

+79

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1246 mm

-106 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.5 °C	+2.7 °C	25 mm	-1 mm
Feb	33.4 °C	+2.4 °C	6 mm	-11 mm
Mar	34.1 °C	+2.0 °C	13 mm	-6 mm
Apr	33.1 °C	+0.3 °C	69 mm	+12 mm
May	32.4 °C	-0.3 °C	155 mm	+33 mm
Jun	30.6 °C	-0.6 °C	264 mm	+72 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+1.0 °C	167 mm	-51 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	+0.6 °C	154 mm	-45 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+1.1 °C	118 mm	-34 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+2.1 °C	67 mm	-79 mm
Nov	31.8 °C	+1.3 °C	143 mm	+5 mm
Dec	31.4 °C	+1.7 °C	65 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

30 Oct 2025

Coldest day

21.3 °C

23 Dec 2025

Wettest day

60.1 mm

10 Jun 2025

Windiest day

25.8 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.0 °C

9 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,352 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Píritu?

The hottest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2006, reaching 38.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Puerto Píritu?

The coldest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1964, at 18.6 °C.

Does it snow in Puerto Píritu?

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

Has the climate of Puerto Píritu warmed?

Yes: Puerto Píritu warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Puerto Píritu?

The wettest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1940, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Puerto Píritu?

The windiest day measured in Puerto Píritu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1953, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Puerto Píritu?

The warmest month in Puerto Píritu is May (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu receives on average 1,352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Puerto Píritu?

Yes: Puerto Píritu has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Píritu?

In Puerto Píritu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 1 October 2015, and the lowest was 19.7 °C on 26 January 1987.

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