Calabozo weather in January

In January, Calabozo sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Calabozo's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calabozo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:23 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
44%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Calabozo is city in state Guárico, Venezuela.

Density
1,222/km²
people per km²
Founded
1724

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 35°C through the month.

A typical January day in Calabozo reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Calabozo

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.

Calabozo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 24°5111.53.0
Feb36° / 25°4111.72.5
Mar37° / 25°162.711.91.9
Apr35° / 26°10411.212.22.1
May33° / 25°20520.712.42.5
Jun32° / 24°23324.212.52.7
Jul31° / 23°2272612.52.8
Aug31° / 24°19926.112.32.7
Sep32° / 24°15022.212.12.7
Oct33° / 24°13220.611.82.8
Nov33° / 24°8714.811.63.0
Dec34° / 24°204.711.53.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26931
36931
47030
57129
67228
77228
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Calabozo gets around 5 mm of rain over 1 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 40% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1536499
2538489
3539478
4641468
5642457
6643446
7645436
8646435
9647425
10748415
11749404
12750394
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 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
112calm
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312light breeze
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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 6:18 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:185:48
211.56:195:48
311.56:195:49
411.56:195:49
511.56:205:50
611.56:205:50
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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 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Calabozo

In seasonPeak

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

Calabozo's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Calabozo?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Calabozo in January

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

In January, Calabozo sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Calabozo 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 Calabozo peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 19UV 13Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Calabozo 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 Calabozo is worst in June — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1227 µg/m³Dec 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Calabozo?

Calabozo sits at 8.9°N, 67.4°W, 103 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is El Sombrero, 66 km away.

CamaguánSan Juan de los MorrosEl PaoSan Fernando de ApureBiruacaVilla de CuraGüigüe

Topography around Calabozo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calabozo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 94 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 529 m.

The land around Calabozo is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
529 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: El Sombrero 66 km · Camaguán 93 km · San Juan de los Morros 110 km · El Pao 111 km · San Fernando de Apure 115 km · Biruaca 120 km · Villa de Cura 124 km · Güigüe 134 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 Calabozo (8.9242°, -67.4293°, elevation 103 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).