Anaco weather in January

In January, Anaco sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Anaco's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:12 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
50%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Anaco is city in the Venezuelan Anzoátegui State, the shire town of the Anaco Municipality.

Founded
1944

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Anaco reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Anaco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Anaco weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°72.211.53.6
Feb35° / 23°41.111.73.3
Mar35° / 23°162.211.92.7
Apr36° / 24°304.712.22.3
May35° / 24°7110.812.42.5
Jun33° / 24°8315.212.52.9
Jul33° / 24°9818.112.52.9
Aug33° / 24°12420.112.32.7
Sep34° / 24°10317.212.12.6
Oct34° / 24°791511.82.5
Nov34° / 24°6813.211.62.8
Dec34° / 23°235.911.53.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Anaco gets around 7 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 51% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1130618
2131608
3133597
4134587
5136576
6137566
7138556
8140545
9141535
10142525
11143524
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13145504
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:075:35
211.56:085:35
311.56:085:36
411.56:085:36
511.56:095:37
611.56:095:37
711.56:095:38
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Anaco

In seasonPeak

None of Anaco's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Anaco's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Anaco?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anaco. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Anaco in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Anaco sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Anaco in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anaco peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Anaco in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Anaco is worst in September — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1347 µg/m³Jan 1721 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr35Poor
May38Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Anaco?

Anaco sits at 9.4°N, 64.5°W, 225 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Cantaura, 18 km away.

LecheríasPuerto La Cruz

Topography around Anaco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Anaco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anaco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,403 m.

The land around Anaco is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
2,403 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Cantaura 18 km · Aragua de Barcelona 40 km · El Tigre 64 km · San José de Guanipa 69 km · Pariaguán 71 km · Barcelona 83 km · Lecherías 88 km · Puerto La Cruz 89 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2011
GDP per capita
$3,495
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
12.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
39
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 520
Religion
Roman Catholic 48%Protestant 32%none 14%believer 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Anaco (9.4296°, -64.4643°, elevation 225 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).