Zaraza climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zaraza?

Zaraza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,104 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zaraza?

The hottest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zaraza?

The coldest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1975, at 18.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zaraza?

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

Q: Has the climate of Zaraza warmed?

Yes: Zaraza warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zaraza?

The wettest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2016, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zaraza?

The windiest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1969, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zaraza?

The warmest month in Zaraza is April (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zaraza?

Zaraza receives on average 1,104 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zaraza?

Zaraza gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zaraza (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,104 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 April (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Zaraza averages 0 frost days, 339 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Zaraza has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 4 April 2010) and the coldest 18.0 °C (on 28 December 1975).

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

ZarazaGuárico

coords: 9.35°, -65.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

33.5°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,104mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

339 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.3 °C

Average feels-like low

27.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 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

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °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

40.7 °C

4 April 2010

Coldest day

18.0 °C

28 December 1975

Wettest day

157 mm

1 May 2016

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

15 March 1969

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

10 January 2020

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

18 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

18.8 °C

28 December 1975

Sunniest day

12.5 h

7 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.6 °C15 April 2025	21.5 °C15 January 2025	29.1 °C	936 mm	357
2024	40.6 °C21 March 2024	22.8 °C24 February 2024	29.6 °C	931 mm	364
2023	39.4 °C27 December 2023	21.2 °C28 January 2023	29.2 °C	943 mm	361
2022	39.7 °C11 April 2022	20.2 °C11 January 2022	28.2 °C	1,192 mm	356
2021	37.6 °C7 April 2021	20.9 °C12 January 2021	27.9 °C	891 mm	352
2020	39.6 °C13 April 2020	21.8 °C12 December 2020	28.6 °C	1,055 mm	352
2019	39.1 °C12 April 2019	21.2 °C2 February 2019	28.5 °C	959 mm	353
2018	40.4 °C25 April 2018	21.7 °C24 December 2018	28.7 °C	1,033 mm	358
2017	39.5 °C12 April 2017	20.7 °C2 January 2017	28.1 °C	1,085 mm	353
2016	40.3 °C21 March 2016	22.2 °C26 December 2016	28.7 °C	1,570 mm	355
2015	39.8 °C12 April 2015	22.7 °C3 March 2015	29.7 °C	861 mm	364
2014	40.6 °C19 May 2014	21.1 °C26 January 2014	29.1 °C	997 mm	363
2013	39.3 °C29 March 2013	21.6 °C23 December 2013	29.0 °C	1,180 mm	360
2012	38.9 °C2 April 2012	21.8 °C21 January 2012	28.4 °C	1,321 mm	357
2011	38.5 °C29 March 2011	21.0 °C21 January 2011	28.2 °C	1,402 mm	359
2010	40.7 °C4 April 2010	21.4 °C2 January 2010	28.8 °C	1,571 mm	355
2009	40.4 °C6 June 2009	21.7 °C14 January 2009	29.1 °C	872 mm	362
2008	38.9 °C13 May 2008	21.2 °C28 December 2008	28.2 °C	1,198 mm	358
2007	39.2 °C3 May 2007	21.4 °C30 December 2007	28.4 °C	1,117 mm	355
2006	40.2 °C20 April 2006	22.0 °C1 January 2006	28.6 °C	1,262 mm	349
2005	39.8 °C3 April 2005	21.2 °C23 December 2005	28.5 °C	1,323 mm	354
2004	40.6 °C10 April 2004	21.6 °C9 December 2004	28.1 °C	1,255 mm	351
2003	39.2 °C29 March 2003	22.2 °C22 January 2003	28.4 °C	1,114 mm	355
2002	39.5 °C7 April 2002	21.4 °C9 December 2002	28.5 °C	973 mm	361
2001	38.4 °C7 March 2001	20.8 °C21 February 2001	27.9 °C	965 mm	354
2000	39.0 °C2 May 2000	19.7 °C13 January 2000	27.4 °C	948 mm	354
1999	39.5 °C25 May 1999	21.0 °C25 December 1999	27.6 °C	1,098 mm	347
1998	38.7 °C4 February 1998	21.7 °C21 December 1998	28.2 °C	1,212 mm	356
1997	38.4 °C7 May 1997	19.7 °C2 March 1997	27.6 °C	886 mm	355
1996	38.4 °C2 April 1996	21.0 °C29 December 1996	27.4 °C	1,259 mm	339
1995	38.3 °C11 April 1995	21.3 °C12 January 1995	27.9 °C	1,154 mm	357
1994	39.1 °C18 April 1994	20.4 °C2 February 1994	28.0 °C	872 mm	351
1993	38.5 °C23 April 1993	20.5 °C24 January 1993	27.9 °C	1,085 mm	355
1992	38.5 °C6 April 1992	20.3 °C1 February 1992	27.5 °C	1,023 mm	349
1991	38.0 °C29 May 1991	20.1 °C3 February 1991	27.6 °C	890 mm	350
1990	39.3 °C18 April 1990	20.6 °C23 December 1990	27.6 °C	1,186 mm	353
1989	38.5 °C22 April 1989	19.5 °C9 January 1989	27.2 °C	1,061 mm	354
1988	40.5 °C21 May 1988	19.7 °C24 January 1988	27.7 °C	1,156 mm	350
1987	39.4 °C21 March 1987	20.1 °C12 January 1987	28.2 °C	1,138 mm	351
1986	39.3 °C11 April 1986	19.7 °C24 July 1986	27.3 °C	1,081 mm	346
1985	36.7 °C10 April 1985	19.1 °C29 December 1985	26.9 °C	1,144 mm	338
1984	38.6 °C26 March 1984	20.7 °C30 December 1984	27.8 °C	926 mm	348
1983	39.0 °C13 March 1983	20.3 °C10 February 1983	28.2 °C	1,032 mm	361
1982	37.5 °C6 March 1982	21.0 °C27 July 1982	27.4 °C	1,125 mm	353
1981	38.9 °C24 March 1981	21.1 °C21 January 1981	27.7 °C	1,187 mm	339
1980	39.0 °C2 April 1980	21.2 °C23 February 1980	27.8 °C	977 mm	347
1979	39.0 °C12 March 1979	20.9 °C19 January 1979	27.8 °C	1,232 mm	350
1978	38.4 °C17 March 1978	20.6 °C9 December 1978	27.7 °C	1,417 mm	353
1977	39.1 °C15 April 1977	21.2 °C14 January 1977	27.9 °C	1,114 mm	354
1976	37.9 °C17 May 1976	19.8 °C7 January 1976	27.3 °C	945 mm	347
1975	38.5 °C29 March 1975	18.0 °C28 December 1975	27.4 °C	1,096 mm	341
1974	38.0 °C20 April 1974	19.9 °C20 January 1974	27.2 °C	1,016 mm	345
1973	38.7 °C1 June 1973	20.4 °C4 December 1973	27.5 °C	1,081 mm	309
1972	37.1 °C12 April 1972	21.1 °C23 February 1972	27.5 °C	1,098 mm	356
1971	37.2 °C15 April 1971	20.8 °C1 March 1971	27.0 °C	770 mm	334
1970	38.2 °C18 April 1970	20.6 °C21 November 1970	27.2 °C	1,238 mm	334
1969	39.0 °C10 March 1969	20.3 °C29 December 1969	27.5 °C	1,356 mm	333
1968	38.6 °C17 April 1968	20.3 °C19 January 1968	27.5 °C	1,112 mm	347
1967	38.4 °C9 April 1967	20.9 °C5 January 1967	27.6 °C	855 mm	351
1966	39.0 °C4 May 1966	20.6 °C5 February 1966	27.7 °C	1,117 mm	342
1965	38.8 °C8 May 1965	19.8 °C26 January 1965	27.4 °C	997 mm	348
1964	40.3 °C27 April 1964	18.4 °C21 January 1964	27.5 °C	1,151 mm	346
1963	37.8 °C20 April 1963	20.4 °C25 January 1963	27.7 °C	1,220 mm	349
1962	38.3 °C22 April 1962	20.7 °C8 January 1962	27.7 °C	1,268 mm	342
1961	39.0 °C27 April 1961	20.5 °C14 December 1961	27.7 °C	1,176 mm	348
1960	38.8 °C11 April 1960	20.4 °C4 January 1960	27.7 °C	1,179 mm	352
1959	38.9 °C22 April 1959	20.6 °C22 January 1959	27.9 °C	931 mm	354
1958	39.5 °C31 March 1958	21.2 °C30 December 1958	27.7 °C	1,046 mm	349
1957	38.0 °C21 March 1957	20.4 °C20 January 1957	27.1 °C	889 mm	344
1956	36.2 °C2 April 1956	20.0 °C10 February 1956	26.3 °C	1,002 mm	301
1955	35.7 °C9 April 1955	19.6 °C1 January 1955	26.2 °C	1,246 mm	294
1954	37.6 °C31 March 1954	20.9 °C20 December 1954	26.6 °C	1,191 mm	278
1953	38.2 °C8 April 1953	20.3 °C13 February 1953	27.2 °C	853 mm	348
1952	37.7 °C9 April 1952	20.6 °C5 February 1952	27.1 °C	870 mm	334
1951	37.2 °C10 April 1951	19.9 °C3 January 1951	26.6 °C	1,111 mm	319
1950	36.3 °C14 April 1950	19.1 °C8 January 1950	26.1 °C	1,190 mm	259
1949	36.1 °C20 April 1949	18.7 °C17 December 1949	26.2 °C	982 mm	254
1948	35.5 °C19 February 1948	20.5 °C14 December 1948	26.4 °C	1,354 mm	269
1947	38.1 °C2 April 1947	20.6 °C17 December 1947	26.9 °C	1,148 mm	302
1946	37.5 °C1 April 1946	20.0 °C5 January 1946	26.4 °C	1,054 mm	318
1945	36.2 °C23 March 1945	19.6 °C8 January 1945	26.4 °C	1,214 mm	309
1944	38.1 °C16 April 1944	20.1 °C28 December 1944	26.5 °C	1,345 mm	284
1943	34.8 °C22 February 1943	19.0 °C19 January 1943	25.6 °C	1,240 mm	238
1942	37.7 °C24 March 1942	19.8 °C27 December 1942	26.4 °C	1,654 mm	219
1941	39.4 °C30 March 1941	21.5 °C9 January 1941	27.7 °C	741 mm	341
1940	37.9 °C9 March 1940	20.9 °C30 January 1940	26.9 °C	1,058 mm	319

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.1 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

357 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

936 mm

-168 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.0 °C	+2.0 °C	32 mm	+24 mm
Feb	37.3 °C	+2.4 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Mar	38.0 °C	+2.1 °C	10 mm	-2 mm
Apr	36.3 °C	+0.5 °C	56 mm	-3 mm
May	33.7 °C	-0.4 °C	184 mm	+45 mm
Jun	32.7 °C	+0.6 °C	121 mm	-58 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+1.2 °C	169 mm	-16 mm
Aug	33.0 °C	+1.3 °C	131 mm	-46 mm
Sep	34.1 °C	+1.7 °C	91 mm	-35 mm
Oct	35.2 °C	+2.3 °C	62 mm	-49 mm
Nov	35.3 °C	+2.4 °C	64 mm	-12 mm
Dec	36.6 °C	+3.3 °C	15 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.6 °C

15 Apr 2025

Coldest day

21.5 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

66.4 mm

18 May 2025

Windiest day

23.6 km/h

7 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

11 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.4 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

7 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zaraza?

Zaraza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,104 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zaraza?

The hottest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zaraza?

The coldest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1975, at 18.0 °C.

Does it snow in Zaraza?

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

Has the climate of Zaraza warmed?

Yes: Zaraza warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zaraza?

The wettest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2016, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zaraza?

The windiest day measured in Zaraza between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1969, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zaraza?

The warmest month in Zaraza is April (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Zaraza?

Zaraza receives on average 1,104 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zaraza?

Zaraza gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Zaraza?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zaraza?

In Zaraza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 18 August 2023, and the lowest was 18.8 °C on 28 December 1975.

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