Climate and average weather in Boconó

In Boconó, the weather is warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: early January to early March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Boconó typically varies from 13°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 25°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Boconó for warm-weather activities are from early January to early March and early December to late December.

Hottest
Sep
23°
Coldest
Jan
13°
Wettest
Apr
299 mm
Driest
Jan
98 mm
Rain / yr
2144 mm
294 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,421 m
9.3°N
Clearest
Jan
65% cloud

Boconó is city in Venezuela.

Density
51/km²
people per km²
Founded
1560

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

Boconó weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Boconó, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Boconó stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 23°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 13°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2313
Feb2314
Mar2314
Apr2315
May2315
Jun2315
Jul2314
Aug2314
Sep2315
Oct2315
Nov2314
Dec2314

Average hourly temperature in Boconó

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on September afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 13°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Boconó weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 13°9817.211.55.6
Feb23° / 14°12017.711.75.2
Mar23° / 14°22024.211.94.4
Apr23° / 15°29926.912.23.8
May23° / 15°24227.712.43.8
Jun23° / 15°17625.512.53.9
Jul23° / 14°16326.712.54.0
Aug23° / 14°1432712.34.0
Sep23° / 15°14725.712.14.1
Oct23° / 15°19527.711.83.9
Nov23° / 14°20126.811.63.9
Dec23° / 14°14121.411.54.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Boconó gets about 2144 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 8.3 months, from around Mar 24 to Nov 30, peaking in November at about 93% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 24.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 299 mm over about 27 wet days; January is the driest, with 98 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 3 · 93%Jan 24 · 54%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5617
Feb6318
Mar7824
Apr9027
May8928
Jun8626
Jul8627
Aug8827
Sep8626
Oct8928
Nov8927
Dec6921

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Boconó collects about 2144 mm of rain across 294 wet days — roughly 179 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 299 mm, while January is the driest at just 98 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec98120220299242176163143147195201141
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan9817
Feb12018
Mar22024
Apr29927
May24228
Jun17626
Jul16327
Aug14327
Sep14726
Oct19528
Nov20127
Dec14121

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Boconó, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 1 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around March 16. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 37% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 17 and lasts for 8.5 months, ending around November 30. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 96% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 3 · 38%Apr 20 · 3%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3763
Feb3070
Mar1585
Apr496
May496
Jun892
Jul1288
Aug1486
Sep1189
Oct892
Nov1189
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 21, brings about 12 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 1 hour.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.56:356:06
Feb11.76:356:16
Mar11.96:236:19
Apr12.26:056:17
May12.45:556:20
Jun12.55:556:27
Jul12.56:026:31
Aug12.36:066:24
Sep12.16:046:07
Oct11.86:025:50
Nov11.66:095:43
Dec11.56:235:51

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Boconó averages about 1 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 5 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Dec 7 to Mar 21. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 4 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 0 sunny days — about 92% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 25 daysApr 130 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Boconó, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around March 25 to June 29. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 62% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 5 to March 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 92% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 23 · 93%May 16 · 35%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan31618
Feb276211
Mar155927
Apr44353
May13662
Jun25444
Jul37325
Aug07525
Sep17226
Oct16336
Nov25246
Dec146620

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Boconó is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJun 25 · 6 km/hNov 14 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Boconó

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Boconó throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late February, Boconó is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Boconó for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 25 · 5.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.6good
Feb5.2fair
Mar4.4fair
Apr3.8fair
May3.8fair
Jun3.9fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug4.0fair
Sep4.1fair
Oct3.9fair
Nov3.9fair
Dec4.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Boconó for hot-weather activities is from early December to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 27 · 4.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Boconó, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Boconó packs about the same all year — highs hold near 23°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Boconó sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Boconó by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boconó peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 12UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Boconó

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.56
Feb86.5
Mar86.5
Apr8.56.5
May86.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec75

Air quality in Boconó by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Boconó is worst in March — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1741 µg/m³Dec 1214 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar43Poor
Apr29Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Boconó is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Boconó banks about 3,142 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan248
Feb232
Mar266
Apr262
May279
Jun258
Jul260
Aug270
Sep270
Oct277
Nov262
Dec257

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Boconó receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.6 and 5.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 15.7 kWhApr 184.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.1Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar5.0Bright
Apr4.6Bright
May4.7Bright
Jun4.9Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug5.6Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.1Bright
Nov4.6Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Boconó?

Boconó sits at 9.3°N, 70.3°W, 1,421 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Trujillo, 24 km away.

Topography around Boconó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boconó has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 902 m around an average of 1,518 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,592 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,469 m.

The land around Boconó is covered by trees (54%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (73%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
902 m
16 km
2,592 m
80 km
4,469 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Trujillo 24 km · Pampanito 33 km · Pampán 33 km · Valera 39 km · Motatán 40 km · Escuque 46 km · Boconoito 54 km · Barrancas 56 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 Boconó (9.2538°, -70.2511°, elevation 1,421 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).