Carora weather in October

In October, Carora sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 66 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-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 8% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Carora's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:02 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Carora is city in Venezuela.

Founded
1569

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical October day in Carora reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and about 1°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Carora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Carora weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°40.911.53.9
Feb34° / 21°81.311.73.5
Mar35° / 22°18311.93.1
Apr34° / 23°336.412.22.7
May35° / 24°386.212.52.5
Jun35° / 24°162.712.62.7
Jul35° / 23°141.912.52.7
Aug36° / 24°21412.32.2
Sep36° / 24°417.412.12.0
Oct35° / 23°6611.311.82.4
Nov34° / 22°579.611.53.0
Dec34° / 22°14311.43.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31486
41486
51486
61486
71486
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91585
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Carora gets around 66 mm of rain over 11.3 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
329
429
530
631
732
833
934
1034
1135
1236
1336
1437
1537
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3040
3140

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1226711
2216811
3216712
4206713
5196813
6196714
7186715
8186616
9176716
10176617
11176518
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3196625

Wind in October

Winds average 8 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
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128calm
138calm
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158calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:025:57
211.96:025:56
311.96:025:55
411.96:025:55
511.96:025:54
611.96:025:54
711.96:025:53
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in August across the year — October's 5.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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55.7Bright
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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Carora?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Carora.

What to pack for Carora in October

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

In October, Carora sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Carora in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Carora peaks around March 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 17UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Carora in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Carora is worst in May — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 2326 µg/m³Jan 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Carora?

Carora sits at 10.2°N, 70.1°W, 420 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is El Tocuyo, 53 km away.

CabudarePampánLos RastrojosPampanito

Topography around Carora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 429 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,396 m.

The land around Carora is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and shrubs (40%) within 3 km, shrubs (62%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
160 m
16 km
526 m
80 km
3,396 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: El Tocuyo 53 km · Quíbor 57 km · Sanare 66 km · Barquisimeto 80 km · Cabudare 91 km · Pampán 92 km · Los Rastrojos 93 km · Pampanito 96 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 Carora (10.1728°, -70.081°, elevation 420 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).