Ciudad Bolívar weather in January

In January, Ciudad Bolívar sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Ciudad Bolívar's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Bolívar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:06 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Ciudad Bolívar is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
1,035/km²
people per km²
Founded
1764

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ciudad Bolívar reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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

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.

Ciudad Bolívar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°133.111.64.3
Feb33° / 23°101.811.73.8
Mar35° / 24°122.311.93.1
Apr35° / 25°50612.22.6
May34° / 25°13915.312.42.7
Jun32° / 24°20123.212.52.8
Jul31° / 23°23325.912.42.9
Aug31° / 23°22124.912.32.8
Sep32° / 24°13818.8123.1
Oct33° / 24°10415.811.83.1
Nov33° / 24°7413.911.63.3
Dec32° / 23°378.311.54.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
35149
45248
55248
65347
75347
85347
95347
105446
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ciudad Bolívar gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.1 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 11% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
117
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514
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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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1185833
2195832
3195931
41105930
51106029
61116127
71116226
80116425
90126424
100126523
110136522
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221216513
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281246510
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301246510
31124669

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light 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 6:01 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:015:33
211.56:025:34
311.56:025:34
411.56:025:35
511.56:035:35
611.56:035:36
711.56:045:36
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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 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.1Bright
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305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ciudad Bolívar

In seasonPeak

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

Ciudad Bolívar's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Ciudad Bolívar?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ciudad Bolívar for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ciudad Bolívar in January

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

In January, Ciudad Bolívar sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ciudad Bolívar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Ciudad Bolívar peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ciudad Bolívar 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 Ciudad Bolívar is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1626 µg/m³Nov 2012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar sits at 8.1°N, 63.5°W, 73 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Soledad, 5.0 km away.

Ciudad GuayanaSan José de GuanipaEl TigreUpataTembladorLa Paragua

Topography around Ciudad Bolívar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Bolívar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m.

The land around Ciudad Bolívar is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
768 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Soledad 5.0 km · Ciudad Piar 79 km · Ciudad Guayana 103 km · San José de Guanipa 109 km · El Tigre 115 km · Upata 126 km · Temblador 139 km · La Paragua 145 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 Ciudad Bolívar (8.1237°, -63.5469°, elevation 73 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).