Guasipati weather in January

In January, Guasipati sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 24 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Guasipati's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guasipati's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
5:59 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Guasipati is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
254/km²
people per km²
Founded
1757

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Guasipati reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Guasipati

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.

Guasipati weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°246.411.64.6
Feb32° / 22°143.811.84.4
Mar33° / 23°17411.93.8
Apr34° / 23°357.112.23.2
May32° / 23°9915.912.33.2
Jun31° / 23°12822.512.43.2
Jul31° / 23°12823.912.43.1
Aug32° / 23°12521.212.23.1
Sep33° / 23°8214.2123.0
Oct34° / 24°7013.211.82.8
Nov33° / 24°6213.811.73.2
Dec31° / 23°3911.311.64.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Guasipati gets around 24 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3118

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
167123
267123
377122
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587220
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10107317
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 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 5:54 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.65:545:28
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311.65:545:29
411.65:555:29
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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 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Guasipati

In seasonPeak

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

Guasipati's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Guasipati?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Guasipati in January

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

In January, Guasipati sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Guasipati 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 Guasipati peaks around March 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 21UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Guasipati 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 Guasipati is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodApr 1922 µg/m³Nov 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Guasipati?

Guasipati sits at 7.5°N, 61.9°W, 198 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Tumeremo, 48 km away.

El DoradoCiudad GuayanaBarrancasCiudad PiarLa ParaguaTucupita

Topography around Guasipati

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guasipati has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 187 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m.

The land around Guasipati is covered by grassland (62%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (49%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
736 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Tumeremo 48 km · Upata 82 km · El Dorado 89 km · Ciudad Guayana 127 km · Barrancas 140 km · Ciudad Piar 157 km · La Paragua 174 km · Tucupita 177 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 Guasipati (7.477°, -61.8967°, elevation 198 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).