Santa Elena de Uairén climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 2,197 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The hottest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2016, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The coldest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1955, at 13.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Almost never: Santa Elena de Uairén sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Santa Elena de Uairén warmed?

Yes: Santa Elena de Uairén warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The wettest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1962, with 236 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The windiest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1989, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The warmest month in Santa Elena de Uairén is March (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén receives on average 2,197 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 228 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 2,197 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Santa Elena de Uairén averages 0 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 228 rainy days per year.

Santa Elena de Uairén has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 22 March 2016) and the coldest 13.7 °C (on 19 January 1955).

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 Elena de UairénBolívar

coords: 4.60°, -61.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

22.9°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

18.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,197mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

59 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

228 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.2 °C

Average feels-like low

20.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

40 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

34.7 °C

22 March 2016

Coldest day

13.7 °C

19 January 1955

Wettest day

236 mm

13 May 1962

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

7 January 1989

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

21 March 2014

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

2 April 2019

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

10 March 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

23 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C26 February 2025	16.6 °C14 January 2025	23.4 °C	2,196 mm	74
2024	34.4 °C4 February 2024	17.3 °C7 December 2024	24.4 °C	2,116 mm	158
2023	34.2 °C9 October 2023	14.9 °C26 January 2023	23.9 °C	1,846 mm	134
2022	31.4 °C2 April 2022	15.0 °C25 December 2022	23.0 °C	3,144 mm	19
2021	32.8 °C7 October 2021	16.4 °C26 January 2021	23.3 °C	2,900 mm	51
2020	33.1 °C23 October 2020	16.2 °C2 January 2020	23.8 °C	2,241 mm	113
2019	34.6 °C24 March 2019	16.1 °C25 February 2019	24.1 °C	2,413 mm	148
2018	33.7 °C15 October 2018	16.3 °C6 January 2018	23.6 °C	2,400 mm	111
2017	32.6 °C21 November 2017	17.1 °C31 March 2017	23.7 °C	2,507 mm	95
2016	34.7 °C22 March 2016	17.4 °C24 January 2016	24.1 °C	2,206 mm	137
2015	32.6 °C20 October 2015	15.7 °C11 September 2015	23.9 °C	1,726 mm	143
2014	32.8 °C25 September 2014	16.4 °C12 January 2014	23.5 °C	1,822 mm	91
2013	32.4 °C31 January 2013	16.9 °C3 December 2013	23.5 °C	2,187 mm	90
2012	32.4 °C19 November 2012	16.1 °C26 February 2012	23.1 °C	2,484 mm	50
2011	31.3 °C5 February 2011	15.7 °C23 July 2011	23.1 °C	2,590 mm	28
2010	34.1 °C14 February 2010	15.6 °C2 January 2010	23.3 °C	2,871 mm	81
2009	33.7 °C24 May 2009	15.9 °C20 February 2009	23.7 °C	1,440 mm	92
2008	32.8 °C5 April 2008	16.4 °C16 January 2008	22.9 °C	2,618 mm	33
2007	32.9 °C23 March 2007	16.2 °C5 February 2007	23.2 °C	2,291 mm	80
2006	33.2 °C7 April 2006	15.9 °C15 February 2006	23.2 °C	2,431 mm	61
2005	34.2 °C6 March 2005	16.3 °C25 January 2005	23.6 °C	2,138 mm	109
2004	32.7 °C21 November 2004	16.3 °C29 January 2004	23.4 °C	1,984 mm	108
2003	33.3 °C10 April 2003	16.6 °C2 January 2003	23.5 °C	2,231 mm	111
2002	33.1 °C17 October 2002	15.3 °C2 January 2002	23.5 °C	2,009 mm	108
2001	32.6 °C12 April 2001	16.0 °C15 September 2001	23.3 °C	1,842 mm	103
2000	30.7 °C3 March 2000	15.5 °C9 February 2000	22.7 °C	2,427 mm	12
1999	31.7 °C20 December 1999	16.5 °C5 March 1999	22.8 °C	2,637 mm	26
1998	34.5 °C5 March 1998	16.3 °C4 September 1998	23.9 °C	2,210 mm	120
1997	34.3 °C17 October 1997	16.0 °C12 September 1997	23.7 °C	1,584 mm	108
1996	32.4 °C2 April 1996	15.4 °C5 March 1996	23.2 °C	2,315 mm	75
1995	31.8 °C10 April 1995	15.4 °C2 January 1995	23.2 °C	2,066 mm	58
1994	32.6 °C25 February 1994	16.5 °C14 October 1994	22.9 °C	2,101 mm	31
1993	31.0 °C9 February 1993	15.7 °C20 January 1993	22.7 °C	2,243 mm	16
1992	32.8 °C3 November 1992	15.9 °C19 January 1992	23.1 °C	1,482 mm	55
1991	31.7 °C25 February 1991	16.0 °C15 January 1991	23.0 °C	1,883 mm	51
1990	30.9 °C13 October 1990	16.1 °C11 September 1990	22.9 °C	2,136 mm	14
1989	30.8 °C11 March 1989	14.6 °C8 January 1989	22.5 °C	2,156 mm	12
1988	33.6 °C6 May 1988	15.8 °C16 December 1988	23.1 °C	2,018 mm	77
1987	32.5 °C14 April 1987	15.9 °C26 January 1987	23.3 °C	1,801 mm	48
1986	31.7 °C30 April 1986	15.9 °C19 February 1986	22.8 °C	2,057 mm	27
1985	31.9 °C9 April 1985	14.9 °C17 December 1985	22.5 °C	2,096 mm	37
1984	33.0 °C23 April 1984	16.3 °C12 September 1984	22.5 °C	2,400 mm	37
1983	32.8 °C20 March 1983	15.5 °C11 February 1983	23.4 °C	1,605 mm	74
1982	31.8 °C12 October 1982	15.7 °C14 September 1982	22.8 °C	1,874 mm	42
1981	31.3 °C7 November 1981	15.6 °C28 March 1981	22.5 °C	2,326 mm	41
1980	31.6 °C10 April 1980	14.8 °C30 January 1980	22.7 °C	1,888 mm	46
1979	32.0 °C15 February 1979	15.5 °C8 February 1979	22.7 °C	2,274 mm	42
1978	31.8 °C26 February 1978	15.5 °C26 July 1978	22.7 °C	2,280 mm	37
1977	31.7 °C26 February 1977	15.3 °C12 October 1977	22.8 °C	2,037 mm	47
1976	31.4 °C15 September 1976	15.1 °C12 August 1976	22.3 °C	2,445 mm	24
1975	31.0 °C9 March 1975	15.4 °C10 September 1975	22.2 °C	2,672 mm	10
1974	30.3 °C21 February 1974	14.5 °C18 October 1974	21.9 °C	2,369 mm	1
1973	32.2 °C7 March 1973	16.1 °C30 November 1973	22.7 °C	2,531 mm	63
1972	30.9 °C23 December 1972	15.7 °C31 July 1972	22.4 °C	2,289 mm	5
1971	31.7 °C7 March 1971	15.4 °C9 September 1971	22.3 °C	2,080 mm	26
1970	31.5 °C12 March 1970	14.2 °C10 December 1970	22.4 °C	2,332 mm	17
1969	31.3 °C13 February 1969	16.2 °C19 January 1969	22.6 °C	2,644 mm	24
1968	31.6 °C22 February 1968	15.5 °C13 February 1968	22.6 °C	2,289 mm	35
1967	31.9 °C30 October 1967	14.5 °C1 January 1967	22.5 °C	2,284 mm	29
1966	33.5 °C16 February 1966	15.6 °C3 February 1966	23.2 °C	1,792 mm	100
1965	32.3 °C22 March 1965	14.4 °C4 January 1965	23.0 °C	1,468 mm	98
1964	34.2 °C24 March 1964	14.9 °C20 January 1964	23.6 °C	1,934 mm	150
1963	32.8 °C17 October 1963	15.6 °C17 December 1963	22.9 °C	2,124 mm	75
1962	32.2 °C8 October 1962	15.4 °C1 January 1962	22.6 °C	2,528 mm	47
1961	32.4 °C5 March 1961	14.8 °C13 February 1961	22.8 °C	1,891 mm	68
1960	32.2 °C24 March 1960	15.0 °C7 January 1960	22.6 °C	2,243 mm	32
1959	32.1 °C2 March 1959	15.6 °C6 August 1959	22.7 °C	2,199 mm	48
1958	33.8 °C23 March 1958	15.5 °C28 December 1958	23.2 °C	1,833 mm	116
1957	33.5 °C17 April 1957	14.7 °C22 January 1957	23.1 °C	1,460 mm	125
1956	31.6 °C8 March 1956	14.4 °C17 September 1956	21.6 °C	2,616 mm	7
1955	31.1 °C16 February 1955	13.7 °C19 January 1955	21.6 °C	2,816 mm	5
1954	32.7 °C23 March 1954	15.0 °C6 September 1954	22.0 °C	2,426 mm	33
1953	32.2 °C8 November 1953	15.6 °C10 January 1953	22.7 °C	2,149 mm	56
1952	33.6 °C20 April 1952	15.9 °C4 September 1952	22.8 °C	1,656 mm	70
1951	30.9 °C19 October 1951	16.0 °C15 December 1951	22.1 °C	2,231 mm	10
1950	30.8 °C20 September 1950	14.6 °C13 September 1950	22.0 °C	2,328 mm	11
1949	29.1 °C15 April 1949	15.2 °C11 February 1949	21.6 °C	2,622 mm	0
1948	31.5 °C11 February 1948	15.3 °C4 February 1948	22.0 °C	2,436 mm	18
1947	33.7 °C18 March 1947	14.6 °C19 February 1947	22.6 °C	1,701 mm	68
1946	30.7 °C31 March 1946	14.7 °C16 February 1946	21.8 °C	2,445 mm	5
1945	33.3 °C2 October 1945	14.9 °C5 December 1945	22.3 °C	1,949 mm	51
1944	31.6 °C15 February 1944	14.0 °C10 March 1944	22.1 °C	2,594 mm	36
1943	29.7 °C6 November 1943	15.2 °C25 July 1943	21.0 °C	3,469 mm	0
1942	33.1 °C4 April 1942	15.1 °C3 September 1942	21.9 °C	2,379 mm	37
1941	34.4 °C29 March 1941	15.0 °C13 September 1941	22.9 °C	1,446 mm	72
1940	34.4 °C26 February 1940	14.8 °C21 August 1940	22.8 °C	1,705 mm	83

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2197 mm

-1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	52 mm	-20 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	43 mm	-25 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	-0.8 °C	205 mm	+99 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	-0.4 °C	230 mm	+5 mm
May	27.5 °C	+0.8 °C	376 mm	-9 mm
Jun	26.9 °C	+1.0 °C	344 mm	-10 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	269 mm	-27 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	+0.7 °C	183 mm	-22 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	62 mm	-63 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+0.1 °C	151 mm	+31 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	157 mm	+22 mm
Dec	28.0 °C	-0.2 °C	127 mm	+18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.6 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.6 mm

10 Mar 2025

Windiest day

16.6 km/h

1 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

2 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.1 °C

29 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.0 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

11 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.9 °C and it receives 2,197 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The hottest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2016, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The coldest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1955, at 13.7 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Almost never: Santa Elena de Uairén sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Santa Elena de Uairén warmed?

Yes: Santa Elena de Uairén warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The wettest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1962, with 236 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The windiest day measured in Santa Elena de Uairén between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1989, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Elena de Uairén?

The warmest month in Santa Elena de Uairén is March (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén receives on average 2,197 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 228 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Santa Elena de Uairén gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Elena de Uairén?

Yes: Santa Elena de Uairén has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Elena de Uairén?

In Santa Elena de Uairén, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 2 April 2019, and the lowest was 12.9 °C on 10 March 1944.

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