Caja Seca weather in January

In January, Caja Seca sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 157 mm of rain across 29.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Caja Seca's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caja Seca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 157 mm; 29.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:38 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Caja Seca is human settlement in Venezuela.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Caja Seca reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	19
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3	24	19
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30	24	19
31	24	19

Caja Seca weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 19°	157	29.7	11.5	4.0
Feb	24° / 20°	185	27.2	11.7	3.9
Mar	25° / 20°	310	30.3	11.9	3.7
Apr	25° / 21°	392	29.7	12.2	3.4
May	25° / 21°	323	30.7	12.4	3.4
Jun	25° / 21°	195	29.3	12.5	3.5
Jul	25° / 20°	177	30	12.5	3.5
Aug	25° / 21°	196	30.5	12.3	3.5
Sep	25° / 21°	249	29.5	12.1	3.5
Oct	25° / 20°	335	30.8	11.8	3.5
Nov	24° / 20°	354	29.7	11.6	3.5
Dec	24° / 20°	250	30.2	11.5	3.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	48	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	48	47
Cloudier (%)	52	52	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	53	52	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
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26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	48	52
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Caja Seca gets around 157 mm of rain over 29.7 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 96% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
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9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	96
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20	97
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25	97
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27	96
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31	96

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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 64% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	33
Muggy (%)	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	66	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	35	65
5	0	35	65
6	0	35	65
7	0	35	65
8	0	35	65
9	0	35	65
10	0	35	65
11	0	35	65
12	0	35	65
13	0	35	65
14	0	36	64
15	0	36	64
16	0	36	64
17	0	37	63
18	0	37	63
19	0	37	63
20	0	37	63
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	1	36	63
26	1	36	63
27	1	35	64
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66
31	1	33	66

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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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 6:33 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:16 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:33	6:02
2	11.5	6:34	6:02
3	11.5	6:34	6:03
4	11.5	6:34	6:03
5	11.5	6:35	6:04
6	11.5	6:35	6:04
7	11.5	6:35	6:05
8	11.5	6:36	6:05
9	11.5	6:36	6:06
10	11.5	6:36	6:06
11	11.5	6:37	6:07
12	11.5	6:37	6:07
13	11.5	6:37	6:08
14	11.5	6:37	6:08
15	11.5	6:38	6:09
16	11.5	6:38	6:09
17	11.5	6:38	6:10
18	11.5	6:38	6:10
19	11.5	6:39	6:11
20	11.5	6:39	6:11
21	11.5	6:39	6:11
22	11.5	6:39	6:12
23	11.6	6:39	6:12
24	11.6	6:39	6:13
25	11.6	6:39	6:13
26	11.6	6:39	6:14
27	11.6	6:40	6:14
28	11.6	6:40	6:14
29	11.6	6:40	6:15
30	11.6	6:40	6:15
31	11.6	6:40	6:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
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8	4.7	Bright
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24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Caja Seca?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Caja Seca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Caja Seca in January

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

In January, Caja Seca sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Caja Seca 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 Caja Seca peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Caja Seca 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 Caja Seca is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	25	30	27	23	21	20	18	17	15	15	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Caja Seca?

Caja Seca sits at 9.1°N, 71.1°W, 109 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Nueva Bolivia, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Caja Seca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caja Seca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 323 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,734 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,842 m.

The land around Caja Seca is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), grassland (34%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

323 m

trees 46%

16 km

2,734 m

trees 56%

80 km

4,842 m

trees 39%

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← December Caja Seca year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Nueva Bolivia 3.0 km · Tucaní 30 km · Timotes 40 km · Sabana de Mendoza 46 km · Escuque 47 km · El Dividive 52 km · Valera 55 km · Tabay 57 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

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 Caja Seca (9.1415°, -71.0674°, elevation 109 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	19
2	24	19
3	24	19
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30	24	19
31	24	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	48	52
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	35	65
5	0	35	65
6	0	35	65
7	0	35	65
8	0	35	65
9	0	35	65
10	0	35	65
11	0	35	65
12	0	35	65
13	0	35	65
14	0	36	64
15	0	36	64
16	0	36	64
17	0	37	63
18	0	37	63
19	0	37	63
20	0	37	63
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	1	36	63
26	1	36	63
27	1	35	64
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66
31	1	33	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	19
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
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24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
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29	47	53
30	48	52
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	35	65
5	0	35	65
6	0	35	65
7	0	35	65
8	0	35	65
9	0	35	65
10	0	35	65
11	0	35	65
12	0	35	65
13	0	35	65
14	0	36	64
15	0	36	64
16	0	36	64
17	0	37	63
18	0	37	63
19	0	37	63
20	0	37	63
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	1	36	63
26	1	36	63
27	1	35	64
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66
31	1	33	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	19
2	24	19
3	24	19
4	24	19
5	24	19
6	24	19
7	24	19
8	24	19
9	24	19
10	24	19
11	24	19
12	24	19
13	24	19
14	24	19
15	24	19
16	24	19
17	24	19
18	24	19
19	24	19
20	24	19
21	24	19
22	24	19
23	24	19
24	24	19
25	24	19
26	24	19
27	24	19
28	24	19
29	24	19
30	24	19
31	24	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	49	51
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	48	52
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	47	53
30	48	52
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	94
5	94
6	94
7	94
8	94
9	95
10	95
11	95
12	95
13	95
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	96
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	96
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	35	65
3	0	35	65
4	0	35	65
5	0	35	65
6	0	35	65
7	0	35	65
8	0	35	65
9	0	35	65
10	0	35	65
11	0	35	65
12	0	35	65
13	0	35	65
14	0	36	64
15	0	36	64
16	0	36	64
17	0	37	63
18	0	37	63
19	0	37	63
20	0	37	63
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	1	36	63
26	1	36	63
27	1	35	64
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66
31	1	33	66