Río Chico climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Río Chico?

Río Chico has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.3 °C and it receives 1,216 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Río Chico?

The hottest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2025, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Río Chico?

The coldest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1950, at 18.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Río Chico?

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

Q: Has the climate of Río Chico warmed?

Yes: Río Chico warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Río Chico?

The wettest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1948, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Río Chico?

The windiest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1975, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Río Chico?

The warmest month in Río Chico is September (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Río Chico?

Río Chico receives on average 1,216 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Río Chico?

Río Chico gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Río Chico (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.3 °C and it receives 1,216 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 (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Río Chico averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 252 rainy days per year.

Río Chico has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 16 October 2025) and the coldest 18.3 °C (on 8 January 1950).

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

Río ChicoMiranda

coords: 10.32°, -65.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

25.3°C

Average daily high

28.6°C

Average daily low

23.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,216mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

252 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.9 °C

Average feels-like low

27.0 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

36.1 °C

16 October 2025

Coldest day

18.3 °C

8 January 1950

Wettest day

191 mm

20 May 1948

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

20 July 1975

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

20 July 1975

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

4 June 2023

Coldest feels-like

19.4 °C

8 January 1950

Sunniest day

12.6 h

19 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.1 °C16 October 2025	21.4 °C15 February 2025	26.6 °C	1,140 mm	158
2024	35.3 °C6 October 2024	21.9 °C17 February 2024	27.2 °C	970 mm	259
2023	36.0 °C26 August 2023	19.9 °C28 January 2023	26.8 °C	941 mm	207
2022	34.3 °C18 September 2022	19.2 °C6 January 2022	25.8 °C	1,352 mm	99
2021	32.8 °C16 October 2021	21.0 °C3 March 2021	25.5 °C	1,152 mm	56
2020	34.0 °C22 September 2020	21.7 °C5 January 2020	26.3 °C	836 mm	143
2019	33.8 °C25 September 2019	20.6 °C6 January 2019	25.8 °C	760 mm	132
2018	32.7 °C8 October 2018	21.0 °C13 March 2018	25.8 °C	1,004 mm	115
2017	32.9 °C14 September 2017	20.4 °C24 February 2017	25.7 °C	1,467 mm	71
2016	33.4 °C17 April 2016	21.7 °C23 January 2016	26.3 °C	1,427 mm	162
2015	34.2 °C24 September 2015	21.4 °C27 January 2015	26.4 °C	897 mm	159
2014	33.4 °C7 November 2014	20.2 °C17 January 2014	26.1 °C	932 mm	166
2013	34.4 °C21 September 2013	21.2 °C5 February 2013	26.3 °C	1,104 mm	161
2012	33.3 °C13 October 2012	21.5 °C27 January 2012	26.0 °C	1,412 mm	133
2011	33.5 °C29 September 2011	21.3 °C14 March 2011	26.1 °C	1,717 mm	114
2010	34.1 °C24 February 2010	19.7 °C4 January 2010	26.5 °C	1,485 mm	167
2009	33.7 °C5 September 2009	21.4 °C25 February 2009	26.2 °C	905 mm	157
2008	34.3 °C2 September 2008	20.6 °C2 February 2008	25.9 °C	1,350 mm	98
2007	33.5 °C20 April 2007	20.7 °C31 January 2007	26.0 °C	1,225 mm	125
2006	33.3 °C25 September 2006	21.4 °C19 January 2006	26.2 °C	1,169 mm	161
2005	34.1 °C12 October 2005	20.8 °C19 January 2005	26.4 °C	1,375 mm	159
2004	33.1 °C23 September 2004	21.1 °C24 February 2004	25.9 °C	1,620 mm	110
2003	34.8 °C15 October 2003	20.6 °C9 March 2003	25.9 °C	991 mm	171
2002	34.6 °C27 September 2002	21.0 °C11 February 2002	25.7 °C	933 mm	122
2001	32.9 °C7 May 2001	19.8 °C7 March 2001	25.2 °C	855 mm	68
2000	32.3 °C25 October 2000	20.5 °C16 January 2000	24.9 °C	1,354 mm	46
1999	33.4 °C19 September 1999	20.7 °C13 January 1999	25.4 °C	1,174 mm	116
1998	33.5 °C22 May 1998	20.6 °C28 January 1998	25.8 °C	1,210 mm	118
1997	33.0 °C6 October 1997	19.9 °C1 March 1997	25.1 °C	904 mm	67
1996	32.2 °C11 September 1996	20.6 °C25 January 1996	25.1 °C	1,436 mm	39
1995	33.3 °C31 August 1995	20.1 °C11 January 1995	25.6 °C	981 mm	123
1994	33.0 °C19 May 1994	19.3 °C21 January 1994	25.2 °C	851 mm	54
1993	33.0 °C8 May 1993	20.4 °C29 January 1993	25.4 °C	931 mm	92
1992	32.8 °C25 May 1992	19.1 °C2 February 1992	25.1 °C	1,025 mm	48
1991	31.7 °C30 October 1991	20.5 °C21 December 1991	24.9 °C	1,022 mm	28
1990	31.9 °C10 October 1990	20.4 °C14 February 1990	25.1 °C	1,209 mm	54
1989	32.1 °C17 September 1989	20.1 °C19 March 1989	24.7 °C	1,116 mm	37
1988	33.3 °C9 May 1988	19.5 °C24 January 1988	25.2 °C	1,226 mm	58
1987	34.1 °C22 March 1987	19.0 °C26 January 1987	25.8 °C	1,276 mm	109
1986	32.0 °C20 April 1986	19.7 °C29 December 1986	24.8 °C	1,234 mm	17
1985	32.3 °C19 September 1985	20.3 °C19 March 1985	24.6 °C	1,439 mm	16
1984	32.0 °C12 April 1984	20.5 °C17 December 1984	25.1 °C	1,010 mm	32
1983	32.6 °C13 March 1983	20.3 °C25 January 1983	25.7 °C	982 mm	80
1982	32.1 °C6 May 1982	20.7 °C21 February 1982	25.0 °C	1,323 mm	34
1981	32.3 °C17 October 1981	21.0 °C21 January 1981	25.5 °C	1,100 mm	90
1980	33.3 °C24 April 1980	20.2 °C17 February 1980	25.5 °C	1,215 mm	71
1979	32.3 °C17 May 1979	19.0 °C6 January 1979	25.4 °C	1,286 mm	91
1978	32.7 °C2 August 1978	19.2 °C11 February 1978	25.5 °C	1,225 mm	113
1977	33.4 °C16 April 1977	20.6 °C23 January 1977	25.2 °C	1,280 mm	78
1976	33.9 °C13 October 1976	19.6 °C31 January 1976	24.9 °C	1,105 mm	63
1975	32.6 °C2 September 1975	18.8 °C30 December 1975	25.0 °C	1,040 mm	81
1974	31.1 °C25 September 1974	19.9 °C19 January 1974	24.6 °C	1,305 mm	24
1973	31.7 °C1 June 1973	20.3 °C16 January 1973	25.0 °C	1,251 mm	29
1972	32.9 °C8 October 1972	20.0 °C11 February 1972	25.1 °C	1,233 mm	52
1971	30.8 °C29 May 1971	19.7 °C28 February 1971	24.5 °C	1,004 mm	8
1970	31.8 °C23 May 1970	19.6 °C7 February 1970	25.1 °C	1,334 mm	32
1969	33.4 °C10 March 1969	20.6 °C7 January 1969	25.6 °C	1,215 mm	84
1968	32.3 °C1 May 1968	20.0 °C16 January 1968	25.2 °C	1,066 mm	46
1967	32.8 °C2 October 1967	20.4 °C10 February 1967	25.1 °C	1,147 mm	64
1966	32.3 °C28 August 1966	19.3 °C31 January 1966	25.3 °C	1,420 mm	49
1965	31.5 °C13 September 1965	19.9 °C21 February 1965	25.0 °C	1,219 mm	46
1964	32.6 °C6 May 1964	18.6 °C30 January 1964	25.1 °C	1,263 mm	77
1963	34.8 °C8 October 1963	20.0 °C25 January 1963	25.6 °C	1,070 mm	114
1962	33.1 °C25 September 1962	20.1 °C10 January 1962	25.5 °C	1,050 mm	112
1961	32.6 °C3 October 1961	20.1 °C15 March 1961	25.2 °C	1,148 mm	76
1960	32.2 °C14 September 1960	19.9 °C23 February 1960	25.4 °C	1,103 mm	99
1959	32.2 °C26 December 1959	20.2 °C3 February 1959	25.1 °C	1,093 mm	51
1958	32.9 °C18 April 1958	20.6 °C17 February 1958	25.4 °C	1,180 mm	65
1957	31.0 °C12 September 1957	18.6 °C9 March 1957	24.5 °C	1,047 mm	15
1956	30.9 °C1 November 1956	19.4 °C9 January 1956	24.4 °C	1,465 mm	9
1955	31.0 °C7 August 1955	18.5 °C3 January 1955	24.4 °C	1,275 mm	22
1954	30.9 °C29 August 1954	20.5 °C29 December 1954	24.4 °C	1,562 mm	8
1953	31.0 °C22 October 1953	20.4 °C13 February 1953	24.8 °C	1,253 mm	15
1952	31.2 °C23 September 1952	20.1 °C17 March 1952	24.9 °C	1,015 mm	55
1951	31.1 °C2 September 1951	19.2 °C7 January 1951	24.7 °C	1,588 mm	12
1950	30.7 °C23 August 1950	18.3 °C8 January 1950	24.2 °C	1,771 mm	8
1949	30.3 °C7 September 1949	19.2 °C16 January 1949	24.2 °C	1,264 mm	7
1948	31.2 °C21 September 1948	19.9 °C25 February 1948	24.6 °C	1,973 mm	21
1947	30.2 °C29 September 1947	20.0 °C19 March 1947	24.6 °C	1,253 mm	2
1946	30.5 °C25 September 1946	19.9 °C10 January 1946	24.5 °C	1,630 mm	6
1945	30.6 °C11 September 1945	19.9 °C9 January 1945	24.6 °C	1,544 mm	11
1944	30.8 °C8 October 1944	19.5 °C29 January 1944	24.6 °C	1,683 mm	17
1943	31.0 °C1 September 1943	19.4 °C23 January 1943	24.3 °C	1,532 mm	10
1942	32.1 °C25 April 1942	21.0 °C14 January 1942	24.9 °C	1,557 mm	49
1941	31.5 °C1 October 1941	20.2 °C1 March 1941	25.1 °C	914 mm	40
1940	31.7 °C9 March 1940	20.5 °C9 February 1940	24.9 °C	1,194 mm	24

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.1 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

+81

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1140 mm

-76 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	77 mm	+1 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	48 mm	-8 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+1.9 °C	31 mm	-18 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	96 mm	+35 mm
May	29.8 °C	+0.7 °C	140 mm	+30 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	0.0 °C	208 mm	+52 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	+1.5 °C	79 mm	-71 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+1.8 °C	92 mm	-37 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+2.6 °C	54 mm	-45 mm
Oct	33.1 °C	+3.1 °C	49 mm	-58 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+1.1 °C	146 mm	+23 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+1.4 °C	119 mm	+18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest day

21.4 °C

15 Feb 2025

Wettest day

38.1 mm

13 Jun 2025

Windiest day

23.4 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.6 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

1 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Río Chico?

Río Chico has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.3 °C and it receives 1,216 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Río Chico?

The hottest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2025, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Río Chico?

The coldest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1950, at 18.3 °C.

Does it snow in Río Chico?

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

Has the climate of Río Chico warmed?

Yes: Río Chico warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Río Chico?

The wettest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1948, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Río Chico?

The windiest day measured in Río Chico between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1975, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Río Chico?

The warmest month in Río Chico is September (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Río Chico?

Río Chico receives on average 1,216 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Río Chico?

Río Chico gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Río Chico?

Yes: Río Chico has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Río Chico?

In Río Chico, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 4 June 2023, and the lowest was 19.4 °C on 8 January 1950.

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