Guanare weather in January

In January, Guanare sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Guanare's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guanare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:32 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
52%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Guanare is city in Venezuela.

Density
5,614/km²
people per km²
Founded
1591

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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Guanare reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°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 Guanare

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.

Guanare weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°122.511.53.7
Feb35° / 24°132.911.73.0
Mar35° / 25°405.611.92.7
Apr33° / 25°13715.412.22.7
May32° / 24°23923.912.42.7
Jun30° / 23°27825.712.52.8
Jul30° / 23°25826.212.52.9
Aug31° / 23°24026.812.32.7
Sep32° / 23°1872512.12.6
Oct32° / 23°14621.611.82.8
Nov32° / 23°8616.511.63.1
Dec33° / 23°387.611.53.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35941
45842
55941
65941
75941
85941
95941
106040
116040
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146139
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guanare gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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412
511
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710
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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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
105325310
205335210
30634519
40635518
50636517
60636517
70737506
80737506
90738505
100738495
110839494
120840484
130841473
140842463
150943453
160944443
1701045422
1801046412
1911047392
2011148382
2111149363
2211250353
2311250343
2411251333
2511351323
2621350323
2721351313
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3021449314
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:28 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:285:57
211.56:285:57
311.56:285:58
411.56:295:58
511.56:295:59
611.56:305:59
711.56:306:00
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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 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Guanare

In seasonPeak

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

Guanare's monsoon runs April–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 Guanare?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Guanare in January

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

In January, Guanare sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Guanare 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 Guanare peaks around March 14 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 14UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Guanare 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 Guanare is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1938 µg/m³Dec 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar40Poor
Apr32Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Guanare?

Guanare sits at 9.0°N, 69.7°W, 152 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Boconoito, 35 km away.

Topography around Guanare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guanare has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 164 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,497 m.

The land around Guanare is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
290 m
80 km
3,497 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Boconoito 35 km · Sabaneta 39 km · Ospino 42 km · Barrancas 51 km · Boconó 62 km · Obispos 63 km · Píritu 68 km · Guanarito 69 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 Guanare (9.0393°, -69.7336°, elevation 152 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).