Climate and average weather in El Vigía

In El Vigía, the weather is humid, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around May.

Best: late October to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in El Vigía typically varies from 19°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 17°C or above 31°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit El Vigía for warm-weather activities is from late October to mid April.

Hottest
Sep
29°
Coldest
Jan
19°
Wettest
May
669 mm
Driest
Jan
227 mm
Rain / yr
5191 mm
348 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
106 m
8.6°N
Clearest
Jan
68% cloud

El Vigía is City in Mérida, Venezuela.

Founded
1890

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

El Vigía 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 late October to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in El Vigía stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 29°C and low of 21°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 19°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2619
Feb2719
Mar2720
Apr2721
May2821
Jun2821
Jul2821
Aug2921
Sep2921
Oct2820
Nov2720
Dec2719

Average hourly temperature in El Vigía

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 19°C.

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

El Vigía 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
Jan26° / 19°22726.911.64.1
Feb27° / 19°25624.911.73.9
Mar27° / 20°38128.411.93.7
Apr27° / 21°57529.512.23.3
May28° / 21°66930.812.43.0
Jun28° / 21°5703012.53.1
Jul28° / 21°52830.812.53.1
Aug29° / 21°44630.712.32.9
Sep29° / 21°40429.312.12.9
Oct28° / 20°42230.211.83.2
Nov27° / 20°38027.911.63.5
Dec27° / 19°33328.511.53.8

Chance of rain

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

El Vigía gets about 5191 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 7.2 months, from around Apr 3 to Nov 8, peaking in June at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 15.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 669 mm over about 31 wet days; January is the driest, with 227 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 7 · 100%Jan 15 · 86%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8727
Feb8925
Mar9228
Apr9830
May9931
Jun10030
Jul9931
Aug9931
Sep9829
Oct9730
Nov9328
Dec9229

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, El Vigía collects about 5191 mm of rain across 348 wet days — roughly 433 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 669 mm, while January is the driest at just 227 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec227256381575669570528446404422380333
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan22727
Feb25625
Mar38128
Apr57530
May66931
Jun57030
Jul52831
Aug44631
Sep40429
Oct42230
Nov38028
Dec33329

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In El Vigía, 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 2 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around April 1. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 34% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 2 and lasts for 8.0 months, ending around December 1. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% 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 29 · 35%May 6 · 2%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3466
Feb3169
Mar1981
Apr694
May397
Jun397
Jul397
Aug496
Sep595
Oct595
Nov892
Dec2278

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 29, 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)
Jan11.66:396:12
Feb11.76:406:23
Mar11.96:286:25
Apr12.26:116:23
May12.46:016:25
Jun12.56:026:32
Jul12.56:096:36
Aug12.36:126:29
Sep12.16:106:12
Oct11.86:075:56
Nov11.66:145:50
Dec11.56:285:58

Sunny days

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

El Vigía 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 3 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.8 months, from around Dec 4 to Mar 29. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 0 sunny days — about 95% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 43 daysApr 160 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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.

El Vigía is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 83% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecoppressivemuggyhumid
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan17812
Feb12835
Mar68113
Apr16831
May05644
Jun17425
Jul0909
Aug0937
Sep0945
Oct18514
Nov27820
Dec7876

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 El Vigía is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 30 · 4 km/hNov 8 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit El Vigía

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early April, El Vigía 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 El Vigía for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to mid April, with a peak score in the second week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 11 · 4.1

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
Jan4.1fair
Feb3.9fair
Mar3.7fair
Apr3.3poor
May3.1poor
Jun3.1poor
Jul3.1poor
Aug2.9poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct3.2poor
Nov3.5fair
Dec3.8fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. In El Vigía it holds close to 4.0 all year, so any month is about as good as another for hot-weather activities.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

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 El Vigía, 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.

El Vigía packs about the same all year — highs hold near 29°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, El Vigía sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in El Vigía 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 El Vigía peaks around March 13 at about 13 (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 13UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in El Vigía

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 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)
Jan7.55.5
Feb86
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov7.55
Dec74.5

Air quality in El Vigía 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 El Vigía is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2034 µg/m³Dec 1718 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

El Vigía 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. El Vigía banks about 5,037 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan389
Feb359
Mar414
Apr416
May448
Jun430
Jul441
Aug451
Sep437
Oct439
Nov409
Dec402

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.

El Vigía receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.0 and 5.2 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightSep 25.2 kWhDec 14.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.3Bright
Feb4.5Bright
Mar4.6Bright
Apr4.4Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.7Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep5.1Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov4.1Bright
Dec4.1Bright

Where is El Vigía?

El Vigía sits at 8.6°N, 71.7°W, 106 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Santa Cruz de Mora, 24 km away.

Topography around El Vigía

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Vigía has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 119 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,659 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,842 m.

The land around El Vigía is covered by trees (50%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
1,659 m
80 km
4,842 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Santa Cruz de Mora 24 km · La Azulita 26 km · Lagunillas 32 km · Tovar 33 km · Pueblo Nuevo El Chivo 39 km · Bailadores 44 km · Ejido 46 km · San Carlos del Zulia 52 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 El Vigía (8.6135°, -71.657°, elevation 106 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).