Santa Bárbara climate — normals and trends
Santa Bárbara (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 1,525 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 March (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Santa Bárbara averages 0 frost days, 216 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 185 rainy days per year.
Santa Bárbara has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 11 March 1958) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 2 January 1962).
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
Santa BárbaraBarinas
- coords
- 7.81°, -71.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.9°C
Average daily high
30.7°C
Average daily low
21.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,525mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
7.7km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
216 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
185 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.7 °C
Average feels-like low
24.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
334 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.4 °C
11 March 1958
Coldest day
16.3 °C
2 January 1962
Wettest day
154 mm
30 April 1951
Windiest day
17.9 km/h
23 March 1963
Strongest gust
52.9 km/h
23 February 1992
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
24 February 2010
Coldest feels-like
15.9 °C
2 January 1962
Sunniest day
12.2 h
2 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 32.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 33.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 14 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 30.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 115 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 29.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 108 mm | -112 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 148 mm | -108 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 335 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 141 mm | -101 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 118 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 30.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 61 mm | -35 mm |
| Nov | 30.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 29 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 29.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 14 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 1,525 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Bárbara?
The hottest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1958, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Bárbara?
The coldest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1962, at 16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Bárbara?
Almost never: Santa Bárbara sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Bárbara warmed?
Yes: Santa Bárbara warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Bárbara?
The wettest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1951, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Bárbara?
The windiest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1963, with winds reaching 17.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Bárbara?
The warmest month in Santa Bárbara is March (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara receives on average 1,525 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 185 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Bárbara?
Santa Bárbara gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Bárbara?
Yes: Santa Bárbara has on average 334 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Bárbara?
In Santa Bárbara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 24 February 2010, and the lowest was 15.9 °C on 2 January 1962.
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