San Rafael climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Rafael?

San Rafael has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,271 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Rafael?

The hottest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2023, reaching 33.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Rafael?

The coldest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2000, at 21.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Rafael?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Rafael warmed?

Yes: San Rafael warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Rafael?

The wettest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1973, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Rafael?

The windiest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2001, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Rafael?

The warmest month in San Rafael is August (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Rafael?

San Rafael receives on average 1,271 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Rafael?

San Rafael gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Rafael (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,271 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (26.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

San Rafael averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

San Rafael has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 31 August 2023) and the coldest 21.7 °C (on 17 January 2000).

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

San RafaelZulia

coords: 10.96°, -71.73°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

28.7°C

Average daily low

25.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,271mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

25.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

37.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

33.3 °C

31 August 2023

Coldest day

21.7 °C

17 January 2000

Wettest day

158 mm

15 November 1973

Windiest day

46.1 km/h

14 February 2001

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

10 January 2020

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

15 September 2023

Coldest feels-like

22.3 °C

15 January 1950

Sunniest day

12.4 h

3 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C3 August 2025	24.7 °C1 October 2025	28.1 °C	962 mm	131
2024	32.4 °C3 June 2024	24.7 °C23 September 2024	28.5 °C	1,282 mm	225
2023	33.3 °C31 August 2023	24.0 °C21 February 2023	28.3 °C	778 mm	195
2022	31.3 °C3 October 2022	24.1 °C30 January 2022	27.5 °C	1,355 mm	80
2021	31.6 °C23 July 2021	23.9 °C1 November 2021	27.5 °C	960 mm	67
2020	32.7 °C3 August 2020	24.3 °C9 February 2020	27.9 °C	1,105 mm	137
2019	32.2 °C29 August 2019	24.2 °C10 January 2019	27.8 °C	736 mm	125
2018	31.2 °C20 July 2018	24.0 °C21 February 2018	27.6 °C	839 mm	77
2017	31.5 °C17 October 2017	23.9 °C10 January 2017	27.7 °C	1,223 mm	87
2016	32.1 °C30 September 2016	24.7 °C13 January 2016	28.0 °C	1,170 mm	142
2015	32.7 °C29 April 2015	24.8 °C9 March 2015	28.2 °C	495 mm	177
2014	32.3 °C17 July 2014	24.2 °C20 October 2014	27.9 °C	738 mm	147
2013	32.1 °C21 September 2013	24.3 °C11 February 2013	27.8 °C	940 mm	122
2012	31.6 °C8 September 2012	24.3 °C20 January 2012	27.8 °C	1,094 mm	125
2011	31.4 °C12 June 2011	23.6 °C4 January 2011	27.3 °C	2,000 mm	89
2010	31.7 °C12 October 2010	24.0 °C20 December 2010	27.6 °C	2,338 mm	112
2009	31.8 °C25 September 2009	23.5 °C17 February 2009	27.6 °C	825 mm	95
2008	31.1 °C9 September 2008	22.9 °C20 December 2008	27.1 °C	1,441 mm	42
2007	31.5 °C30 September 2007	23.8 °C2 December 2007	27.4 °C	1,584 mm	76
2006	31.9 °C1 July 2006	24.0 °C20 February 2006	27.7 °C	1,314 mm	114
2005	32.0 °C18 September 2005	23.1 °C20 January 2005	27.6 °C	1,521 mm	142
2004	31.8 °C15 August 2004	23.7 °C29 December 2004	27.4 °C	1,431 mm	80
2003	32.4 °C14 September 2003	23.7 °C29 December 2003	27.6 °C	1,472 mm	97
2002	32.5 °C15 August 2002	24.1 °C28 February 2002	27.6 °C	854 mm	125
2001	32.3 °C21 August 2001	22.9 °C28 February 2001	27.3 °C	900 mm	66
2000	30.9 °C25 August 2000	21.7 °C17 January 2000	27.0 °C	929 mm	33
1999	30.5 °C28 August 1999	22.9 °C28 December 1999	26.9 °C	1,420 mm	18
1998	31.6 °C24 August 1998	24.1 °C22 December 1998	27.8 °C	1,378 mm	111
1997	32.5 °C27 August 1997	23.9 °C19 January 1997	27.5 °C	649 mm	96
1996	30.7 °C16 August 1996	23.8 °C28 January 1996	27.1 °C	1,168 mm	17
1995	31.8 °C31 August 1995	24.3 °C11 January 1995	27.4 °C	1,316 mm	48
1994	31.1 °C15 October 1994	24.1 °C20 January 1994	27.2 °C	880 mm	34
1993	31.5 °C3 June 1993	23.9 °C24 September 1993	27.4 °C	1,120 mm	46
1992	30.9 °C14 June 1992	24.0 °C2 October 1992	27.3 °C	1,164 mm	25
1991	31.5 °C12 September 1991	23.5 °C22 December 1991	27.3 °C	868 mm	53
1990	31.1 °C8 June 1990	23.1 °C26 February 1990	27.1 °C	1,313 mm	43
1989	30.8 °C18 July 1989	22.6 °C16 February 1989	26.9 °C	1,101 mm	17
1988	30.8 °C1 June 1988	24.0 °C1 March 1988	27.1 °C	1,744 mm	20
1987	31.9 °C30 May 1987	23.9 °C6 January 1987	27.6 °C	1,419 mm	76
1986	31.1 °C11 August 1986	23.5 °C5 February 1986	26.8 °C	1,228 mm	16
1985	30.6 °C6 July 1985	23.2 °C14 January 1985	26.6 °C	1,282 mm	10
1984	30.8 °C30 July 1984	23.1 °C17 December 1984	26.9 °C	1,173 mm	9
1983	31.7 °C16 June 1983	24.0 °C9 February 1983	27.5 °C	944 mm	57
1982	30.8 °C13 May 1982	23.4 °C28 December 1982	27.0 °C	921 mm	31
1981	31.7 °C22 May 1981	23.7 °C14 February 1981	27.1 °C	1,873 mm	27
1980	31.3 °C21 July 1980	23.9 °C13 January 1980	27.4 °C	1,017 mm	62
1979	31.0 °C6 August 1979	22.8 °C6 January 1979	27.1 °C	1,524 mm	42
1978	30.6 °C20 August 1978	24.1 °C28 August 1978	27.1 °C	1,470 mm	16
1977	31.2 °C7 September 1977	23.8 °C13 January 1977	27.1 °C	1,169 mm	27
1976	31.1 °C1 September 1976	22.1 °C16 February 1976	26.7 °C	748 mm	28
1975	30.0 °C12 August 1975	22.5 °C29 December 1975	26.4 °C	1,524 mm	1
1974	29.6 °C17 June 1974	22.5 °C19 January 1974	26.4 °C	1,450 mm	0
1973	30.3 °C5 April 1973	22.7 °C13 December 1973	26.9 °C	1,807 mm	9
1972	31.4 °C17 June 1972	23.3 °C22 February 1972	27.1 °C	1,021 mm	44
1971	30.4 °C7 July 1971	23.2 °C11 February 1971	26.6 °C	1,257 mm	9
1970	30.2 °C17 July 1970	24.0 °C28 February 1970	26.9 °C	2,253 mm	5
1969	31.2 °C28 May 1969	23.2 °C1 February 1969	27.3 °C	1,970 mm	49
1968	30.3 °C20 August 1968	22.7 °C30 January 1968	26.9 °C	1,489 mm	9
1967	30.6 °C6 October 1967	23.6 °C14 March 1967	26.9 °C	1,210 mm	15
1966	30.5 °C20 July 1966	23.1 °C12 February 1966	27.0 °C	1,868 mm	10
1965	30.1 °C30 August 1965	22.8 °C29 January 1965	26.8 °C	1,339 mm	2
1964	29.8 °C12 September 1964	22.8 °C30 December 1964	26.7 °C	1,638 mm	0
1963	30.6 °C7 October 1963	23.7 °C18 January 1963	27.1 °C	1,379 mm	20
1962	30.3 °C6 September 1962	23.7 °C11 January 1962	27.0 °C	1,227 mm	8
1961	30.6 °C30 September 1961	23.6 °C15 November 1961	27.0 °C	1,259 mm	10
1960	30.4 °C14 September 1960	23.9 °C4 January 1960	27.1 °C	1,359 mm	6
1959	31.3 °C19 August 1959	23.8 °C18 November 1959	26.9 °C	1,172 mm	6
1958	31.2 °C8 June 1958	23.9 °C13 December 1958	27.4 °C	1,255 mm	43
1957	30.9 °C12 September 1957	23.0 °C25 February 1957	26.8 °C	835 mm	17
1956	29.3 °C7 September 1956	22.4 °C9 January 1956	26.2 °C	1,130 mm	0
1955	29.7 °C14 August 1955	22.7 °C5 January 1955	26.1 °C	1,553 mm	0
1954	30.2 °C11 August 1954	22.8 °C28 January 1954	26.4 °C	1,255 mm	1
1953	30.4 °C12 September 1953	23.6 °C24 February 1953	26.9 °C	1,084 mm	9
1952	30.4 °C7 September 1952	22.9 °C4 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,190 mm	4
1951	30.5 °C30 July 1951	22.4 °C9 January 1951	26.8 °C	1,271 mm	8
1950	30.2 °C22 September 1950	22.5 °C8 January 1950	26.1 °C	1,800 mm	2
1949	29.8 °C25 August 1949	22.5 °C19 December 1949	26.4 °C	1,178 mm	0
1948	31.2 °C19 August 1948	23.6 °C17 December 1948	26.6 °C	1,380 mm	7
1947	29.5 °C28 August 1947	23.4 °C29 November 1947	26.5 °C	1,202 mm	0
1946	30.2 °C26 September 1946	23.1 °C8 March 1946	26.6 °C	1,169 mm	2
1945	30.0 °C2 September 1945	22.9 °C9 January 1945	26.4 °C	1,337 mm	1
1944	29.9 °C26 July 1944	23.4 °C28 January 1944	26.5 °C	1,810 mm	0
1943	29.9 °C24 September 1943	22.7 °C22 January 1943	26.4 °C	1,140 mm	0
1942	30.5 °C10 September 1942	23.7 °C28 April 1942	26.4 °C	2,081 mm	3
1941	30.2 °C1 October 1941	23.2 °C12 January 1941	27.0 °C	1,053 mm	3
1940	30.4 °C8 August 1940	23.3 °C3 March 1940	26.7 °C	1,221 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

+83

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

962 mm

-309 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	31 mm	+16 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	15 mm	+1 mm
Apr	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	116 mm	+43 mm
May	29.7 °C	+0.7 °C	193 mm	+30 mm
Jun	29.6 °C	+0.2 °C	71 mm	-43 mm
Jul	30.1 °C	+0.7 °C	20 mm	-49 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	118 mm	-15 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+1.2 °C	97 mm	-87 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+1.0 °C	221 mm	-20 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+1.6 °C	64 mm	-132 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+1.1 °C	18 mm	-44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

3 Aug 2025

Coldest day

24.7 °C

1 Oct 2025

Wettest day

42.5 mm

7 Oct 2025

Windiest day

44.1 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

3 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.0 °C

19 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

23 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Rafael?

San Rafael has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,271 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Rafael?

The hottest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2023, reaching 33.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Rafael?

The coldest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2000, at 21.7 °C.

Does it snow in San Rafael?

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

Has the climate of San Rafael warmed?

Yes: San Rafael warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Rafael?

The wettest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1973, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Rafael?

The windiest day measured in San Rafael between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2001, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Rafael?

The warmest month in San Rafael is August (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.1 °C).

How much does it rain in San Rafael?

San Rafael receives on average 1,271 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Rafael?

San Rafael gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Rafael?

Yes: San Rafael has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Rafael?

In San Rafael, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 15 September 2023, and the lowest was 22.3 °C on 15 January 1950.

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