Santa Cruz de los Taques climate — normals and trends
Santa Cruz de los Taques (Venezuela) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 312 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 (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Santa Cruz de los Taques averages 0 frost days, 146 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.
Santa Cruz de los Taques has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 6 September 1977) and the coldest 21.6 °C (on 30 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
Santa Cruz de los TaquesFalcón
- coords
- 11.82°, -70.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.0°C
Average daily high
29.5°C
Average daily low
25.4°C
Annual rainfall
312mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
33.9km/h
Seasonal range
2.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
146 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
55 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.0 °C
Average feels-like low
27.1 °C
Average peak gust
48.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
34.2 °C
6 September 1977
Coldest day
21.6 °C
30 January 1950
Wettest day
74 mm
9 May 1960
Windiest day
52.5 km/h
8 April 1944
Strongest gust
74.9 km/h
8 April 1944
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
14 September 2023
Coldest feels-like
20.9 °C
17 January 2000
Sunniest day
12.7 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 28.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 29.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 29.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 30.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 14 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 31.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 82 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 30.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -67 mm |
| Dec | 29.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 11 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cruz de los Taques?
Santa Cruz de los Taques has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 312 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz de los Taques between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1977, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz de los Taques between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1950, at 21.6 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
Almost never: Santa Cruz de los Taques sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cruz de los Taques warmed?
Yes: Santa Cruz de los Taques warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz de los Taques between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1960, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz de los Taques between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1944, with winds reaching 52.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
The warmest month in Santa Cruz de los Taques is September (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
Santa Cruz de los Taques receives on average 312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
Santa Cruz de los Taques gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
Yes: Santa Cruz de los Taques has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz de los Taques?
In Santa Cruz de los Taques, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 14 September 2023, and the lowest was 20.9 °C on 17 January 2000.
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