Puerto Píritu weather in October

In October, Puerto Píritu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 150 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Puerto Píritu's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Píritu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
150 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:42 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
69%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Puerto Píritu is city in Anzoátegui, Venezuela.

Founded
1652

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Puerto Píritu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 1°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Puerto Píritu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Puerto Píritu weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°267.411.55.2
Feb32° / 23°154.111.74.9
Mar33° / 23°224.111.94.2
Apr34° / 24°488.312.23.2
May34° / 25°11614.612.52.8
Jun32° / 24°16721.712.62.7
Jul31° / 24°21726.212.52.8
Aug32° / 24°20626.112.32.6
Sep32° / 24°16923.112.12.6
Oct32° / 24°15021.711.82.9
Nov31° / 24°14320.811.53.3
Dec30° / 23°671311.44.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23070
33070
43070
53070
63070
73169
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Puerto Píritu gets around 150 mm of rain over 21.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the miserable band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14654
24654
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64555
74555
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134654
144654
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Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:425:36
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 5.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Puerto Píritu

In seasonPeak

In October, Puerto Píritu sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Puerto Píritu'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 October a good time to visit Puerto Píritu?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Píritu.

What to pack for Puerto Píritu in October

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

In October, Puerto Píritu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Puerto Píritu in October

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in October at about 28°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr26Warm
May26Warm
Jun26Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Puerto Píritu in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Puerto Píritu peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 13UV 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Puerto Píritu in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Puerto Píritu is worst in May — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMay 1335 µg/m³Jan 1513 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May35Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul35Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Píritu?

Puerto Píritu sits at 10.1°N, 65.0°W, 36 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Clarines, 19 km away.

ZarazaAnacoAraya

Topography around Puerto Píritu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Píritu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 299 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,430 m.

The land around Puerto Píritu is covered by water (34%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
299 m
16 km
487 m
80 km
1,430 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
October weather nearby: Clarines 19 km · Barcelona 39 km · Lecherías 41 km · Puerto La Cruz 47 km · Aragua de Barcelona 71 km · Zaraza 85 km · Anaco 94 km · Araya 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 Puerto Píritu (10.059°, -65.037°, elevation 36 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).