Maturín weather in January

In January, Maturín sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 39 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Maturín's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maturín's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
39 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:07 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover
53%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Maturín is city in Monagas, Venezuela.

Density
1,391/km²
people per km²
Founded
1760

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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maturín reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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

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.

Maturín weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°3913.611.54.8
Feb30° / 22°291111.74.6
Mar32° / 23°28911.94.2
Apr33° / 23°419.912.23.5
May32° / 24°8517.912.43.1
Jun31° / 23°13425.412.62.9
Jul31° / 23°12726.812.52.9
Aug32° / 23°12125.112.32.8
Sep32° / 23°9721.212.12.8
Oct32° / 23°8420.111.83.0
Nov31° / 23°9621.911.63.2
Dec30° / 22°6718.611.44.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36733
46733
56832
66832
76931
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maturín gets around 39 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
155
254
353
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552
651
750
850
949
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1147
1246
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1543
1642
1742
1841
1940
2040
2139
2238
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2537
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3038
3138

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
103169
203367
303466
403664
503763
603862
704060
804159
904357
1004456
1104654
1204753
1304852
1405050
1505149
1605248
1705446
1805545
1905743
2005842
2105941
2215940
2316138
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2516237
2616336
2716435
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2916534
3016534
3126533

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 6:03 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:035:29
211.46:035:30
311.46:035:30
411.46:045:31
511.46:045:31
611.56:055:32
711.56:055:32
811.56:055:33
911.56:065:33
1011.56:065:34
1111.56:065:34
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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 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.46 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 Maturín

In seasonPeak

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

Maturín's rainy season runs May–December, 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 Maturín?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maturín in January

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

In January, Maturín sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Maturín 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 Maturín peaks around March 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 14Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Maturín 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 Maturín is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1230 µg/m³Jan 116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maturín?

Maturín sits at 9.7°N, 63.2°W, 71 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Caripito, 42 km away.

CasanayCariacoCumanacoaTembladorCarúpano

Topography around Maturín

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maturín has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,220 m.

The land around Maturín is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
106 m
80 km
2,220 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Caripito 42 km · Punta de Mata 47 km · Caicara 48 km · Casanay 88 km · Cariaco 93 km · Cumanacoa 98 km · Temblador 101 km · Carúpano 103 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 Maturín (9.7457°, -63.1832°, elevation 71 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).