Climate and average weather in Punta de Mata
In Punta de Mata, the weather is humid, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around June.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Punta de Mata typically varies from 22°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 35°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Punta de Mata for warm-weather activities are from early January to late March and early December to late December.
- Hottest
- Apr
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 22°
- Wettest
- Jun
- 117 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 17 mm
- Rain / yr
- 769 mm
- 181 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.4–12.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 246 m
- 9.7°N
- Clearest
- Jan
- 53% cloud
Punta de Mata is city in Monagas, Venezuela.
- Density
- 642/km²
- people per km²
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Punta de Mata weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Punta de Mata, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Punta de Mata stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 33°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 22°C and high of 31°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| Avg low (°C) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 22 |
| Feb | 31 | 22 |
| Mar | 32 | 23 |
| Apr | 33 | 23 |
| May | 33 | 24 |
| Jun | 31 | 23 |
| Jul | 31 | 23 |
| Aug | 32 | 23 |
| Sep | 33 | 23 |
| Oct | 33 | 23 |
| Nov | 32 | 23 |
| Dec | 31 | 23 |
How hot and cold Punta de Mata really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Punta de Mata feels like about 37°C (around October 13). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, peaking in October.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 33 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 34 |
| Air high (°C) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Air low (°C) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 31 | 22 | 22 |
| Feb | 33 | 31 | 22 | 22 |
| Mar | 35 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Apr | 36 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| May | 36 | 33 | 24 | 24 |
| Jun | 35 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 35 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Aug | 36 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Sep | 37 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Oct | 37 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Nov | 36 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Dec | 34 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
Average hourly temperature in Punta de Mata
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 22°C.
Punta de Mata weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° / 22° | 23 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 31° / 22° | 17 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 4.6 |
| Mar | 32° / 23° | 19 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 33° / 23° | 32 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 3.4 |
| May | 33° / 24° | 75 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 3.1 |
| Jun | 31° / 23° | 117 | 24.3 | 12.6 | 2.9 |
| Jul | 31° / 23° | 113 | 24.7 | 12.5 | 3.0 |
| Aug | 32° / 23° | 110 | 23.2 | 12.3 | 2.9 |
| Sep | 33° / 23° | 88 | 19 | 12.1 | 2.9 |
| Oct | 33° / 23° | 66 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 3.0 |
| Nov | 32° / 23° | 66 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 3.4 |
| Dec | 31° / 23° | 44 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 4.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Punta de Mata gets about 769 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.6 months, from around May 17 to Dec 2, peaking in June at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 8.
June is the wettest month by volume, with 117 mm over about 24 wet days; February is the driest, with 17 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 25 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 51 | 78 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 54 | 56 | 41 |
| Rain days | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | 8 |
| Feb | 22 | 6 |
| Mar | 20 | 6 |
| Apr | 28 | 8 |
| May | 51 | 16 |
| Jun | 78 | 24 |
| Jul | 80 | 25 |
| Aug | 75 | 23 |
| Sep | 64 | 19 |
| Oct | 54 | 17 |
| Nov | 56 | 17 |
| Dec | 41 | 13 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Punta de Mata collects about 769 mm of rain across 181 wet days — roughly 64 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 117 mm, while February is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 23 | 17 | 19 | 32 | 75 | 117 | 113 | 110 | 88 | 66 | 66 | 44 |
| Rain days | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 8 |
| Feb | 17 | 6 |
| Mar | 19 | 6 |
| Apr | 32 | 8 |
| May | 75 | 16 |
| Jun | 117 | 24 |
| Jul | 113 | 25 |
| Aug | 110 | 23 |
| Sep | 88 | 19 |
| Oct | 66 | 17 |
| Nov | 66 | 17 |
| Dec | 44 | 13 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Punta de Mata, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around November 25 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around April 1. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 64% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around April 2 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around August 19. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 74% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 64 | 62 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 55 |
| Cloudier (%) | 36 | 38 | 52 | 65 | 72 | 74 | 65 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 60 | 45 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 64 | 36 |
| Feb | 62 | 38 |
| Mar | 48 | 52 |
| Apr | 35 | 65 |
| May | 28 | 72 |
| Jun | 26 | 74 |
| Jul | 35 | 65 |
| Aug | 42 | 58 |
| Sep | 38 | 62 |
| Oct | 36 | 64 |
| Nov | 40 | 60 |
| Dec | 55 | 45 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:09 | 6:09 | 5:56 | 5:38 | 5:27 | 5:28 | 5:35 | 5:39 | 5:37 | 5:36 | 5:43 | 5:57 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:38 | 5:49 | 5:52 | 5:51 | 5:54 | 6:02 | 6:06 | 5:58 | 5:40 | 5:23 | 5:16 | 5:24 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.5 | 6:09 | 5:38 |
| Feb | 11.7 | 6:09 | 5:49 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 5:56 | 5:52 |
| Apr | 12.2 | 5:38 | 5:51 |
| May | 12.4 | 5:27 | 5:54 |
| Jun | 12.6 | 5:28 | 6:02 |
| Jul | 12.5 | 5:35 | 6:06 |
| Aug | 12.3 | 5:39 | 5:58 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 5:37 | 5:40 |
| Oct | 11.8 | 5:36 | 5:23 |
| Nov | 11.6 | 5:43 | 5:16 |
| Dec | 11.4 | 5:57 | 5:24 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Punta de Mata averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 10 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Nov 27 to Apr 4. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 3 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Sky | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | Mixed |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 6 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 5 | Gloomy |
| May | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 4 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 6 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 5 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 5 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 5 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 8 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
Punta de Mata is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.
The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 95% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humid (%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muggy (%) | 73 | 82 | 77 | 61 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 38 |
| Oppressive (%) | 23 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 68 | 92 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 94 | 92 | 61 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 73 | 23 | 0 |
| Feb | 8 | 82 | 9 | 0 |
| Mar | 8 | 77 | 15 | 0 |
| Apr | 2 | 61 | 36 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 30 | 68 | 2 |
| Jun | 0 | 7 | 92 | 2 |
| Jul | 0 | 2 | 97 | 1 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| Sep | 0 | 3 | 95 | 2 |
| Oct | 0 | 4 | 94 | 2 |
| Nov | 0 | 7 | 92 | 0 |
| Dec | 1 | 38 | 61 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Punta de Mata is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Dec 8 to Jun 4. The windiest month is February, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 5 to Dec 7, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Feels | calm | calm | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 12 | calm |
| Mar | 12 | light breeze |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 9 | calm |
| Jul | 8 | calm |
| Aug | 7 | calm |
| Sep | 7 | calm |
| Oct | 8 | calm |
| Nov | 8 | calm |
| Dec | 10 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Punta de Mata
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Punta de Mata's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Punta de Mata
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Punta de Mata throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid March, Punta de Mata is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Punta de Mata for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to late March, with a peak score in the second week of January.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | fair |
| Feb | 4.6 | fair |
| Mar | 4.0 | fair |
| Apr | 3.4 | poor |
| May | 3.1 | poor |
| Jun | 2.9 | poor |
| Jul | 3.0 | poor |
| Aug | 2.9 | poor |
| Sep | 2.9 | poor |
| Oct | 3.0 | poor |
| Nov | 3.4 | poor |
| Dec | 4.3 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Punta de Mata for hot-weather activities is from early December to late April, with a peak score in the third week of January.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Punta de Mata, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Punta de Mata packs about the same all year — highs hold near 33°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In April, Punta de Mata sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Punta de Mata by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Punta de Mata peaks around March 19 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Extreme |
| Feb | 13 | Extreme |
| Mar | 14 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 9 | Very high |
| Dec | 9 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Punta de Mata
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 | 5 |
| Feb | 8 | 6 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 8 | 6.5 |
| May | 8 | 6 |
| Jun | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 8 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 7 | 5 |
| Dec | 7 | 4.5 |
Air quality in Punta de Mata by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Punta de Mata is worst in June — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 22 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 23 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | Moderate |
| Feb | 25 | Moderate |
| Mar | 26 | Moderate |
| Apr | 32 | Moderate |
| May | 33 | Moderate |
| Jun | 35 | Poor |
| Jul | 33 | Moderate |
| Aug | 33 | Moderate |
| Sep | 27 | Moderate |
| Oct | 27 | Moderate |
| Nov | 24 | Moderate |
| Dec | 23 | Moderate |
Growing season
Punta de Mata is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Punta de Mata banks about 6,343 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 509 | 468 | 543 | 550 | 563 | 514 | 525 | 538 | 536 | 558 | 524 | 516 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 509 |
| Feb | 468 |
| Mar | 543 |
| Apr | 550 |
| May | 563 |
| Jun | 514 |
| Jul | 525 |
| Aug | 538 |
| Sep | 536 |
| Oct | 558 |
| Nov | 524 |
| Dec | 516 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Punta de Mata receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.3 and 5.6 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.0 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.4 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.5 | Bright |
| May | 5.2 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.7 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.8 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.2 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.4 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.1 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.5 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.3 | Bright |
Where is Punta de Mata?
Punta de Mata sits at 9.7°N, 63.6°W, 246 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Caicara, 14 km away.
Topography around Punta de Mata
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Punta de Mata.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta de Mata has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,568 m.
The land around Punta de Mata is covered by grassland (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (45%) within 80 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
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 Punta de Mata (9.6913°, -63.6092°, elevation 246 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).