Machiques weather in January

In January, Machiques sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-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 61% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Machiques's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Machiques's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:45 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
36%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Machiques is municipality in Zulia, Venezuela.

Founded
1841

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 Machiques 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 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Machiques

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.

Machiques weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°91.711.54.4
Feb34° / 23°122.711.73.9
Mar34° / 24°417.311.93.2
Apr34° / 24°8915.412.22.6
May33° / 24°15523.412.52.3
Jun33° / 24°9421.612.62.3
Jul33° / 24°9522.612.52.2
Aug34° / 24°10124.312.32.0
Sep34° / 24°11123.912.12.0
Oct32° / 24°20025.911.82.3
Nov32° / 23°20920.611.53.0
Dec32° / 23°327.611.44.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27228
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Machiques gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.7 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 6% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13275713
23285712
33295810
4330589
5331588
6431578
7432577
8432577
9433576
10433576
11433585
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 24 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:416:06
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511.46:426:08
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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 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Machiques

In seasonPeak

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

Machiques'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 Machiques?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Machiques in January

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

In January, Machiques sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Machiques 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 Machiques peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 highApr 10UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Machiques 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 Machiques is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodMar 1846 µg/m³Dec 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar48Poor
Apr32Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Machiques?

Machiques sits at 10.1°N, 72.6°W, 99 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is La Villa del Rosario, 39 km away.

ValleduparBecerrilSan Juan del CesarFonseca

Topography around Machiques

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Machiques has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,109 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,621 m.

The land around Machiques is covered by grassland (54%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
1,109 m
80 km
3,621 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: La Villa del Rosario 39 km · Agustín Codazzi 75 km · San Diego 75 km · Villanueva 77 km · Valledupar 89 km · Becerril 89 km · San Juan del Cesar 93 km · Fonseca 97 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 Machiques (10.0608°, -72.5521°, elevation 99 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).