Punta de Piedras weather in September

In September, Punta de Piedras sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 32 mm of rain across 9.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Punta de Piedras's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta de Piedras's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:39 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 10th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical September day in Punta de Piedras reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	26
2	27	26
3	27	26
4	27	26
5	27	26
6	27	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26

Punta de Piedras weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 24°	24	7.9	11.4	7.7
Feb	25° / 24°	11	4.1	11.6	8.3
Mar	25° / 24°	10	2.3	11.9	8.5
Apr	25° / 25°	5	1.6	12.2	8.1
May	26° / 25°	9	2.4	12.5	7.8
Jun	26° / 25°	18	6.2	12.6	7.1
Jul	26° / 25°	31	9.1	12.6	6.9
Aug	27° / 26°	37	10.6	12.4	6.6
Sep	27° / 26°	32	9.2	12.1	6.5
Oct	27° / 26°	37	10.4	11.8	6.4
Nov	27° / 26°	56	13.5	11.5	6.1
Dec	26° / 25°	47	11.9	11.4	6.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	60	60	59	58	57	56	55	53	52	52	51	50	49	50	48	49	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	46	45	45	46	46	46	47
Cloudier (%)	40	40	41	42	43	44	45	47	48	48	49	50	51	50	52	51	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	54	55	55	54	54	54	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Punta de Piedras gets around 32 mm of rain over 9.2 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	30
28	30
29	30
30	31

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the miserable band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Oppressive (%)	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24
Miserable (%)	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	24	76

Wind in September

Winds average 22 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	22	breezy
21	22	breezy
22	22	breezy
23	22	breezy
24	22	breezy
25	22	breezy
26	22	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:40	5:52
2	12.2	5:40	5:52
3	12.2	5:40	5:51
4	12.2	5:40	5:51
5	12.2	5:40	5:50
6	12.2	5:40	5:49
7	12.2	5:39	5:49
8	12.1	5:39	5:48
9	12.1	5:39	5:47
10	12.1	5:39	5:47
11	12.1	5:39	5:46
12	12.1	5:39	5:45
13	12.1	5:39	5:45
14	12.1	5:39	5:44
15	12.1	5:39	5:43
16	12.1	5:39	5:42
17	12.0	5:39	5:42
18	12.0	5:39	5:41
19	12.0	5:39	5:40
20	12.0	5:39	5:40
21	12.0	5:39	5:39
22	12.0	5:39	5:38
23	12.0	5:39	5:38
24	12.0	5:38	5:37
25	12.0	5:38	5:36
26	12.0	5:38	5:36
27	11.9	5:38	5:35
28	11.9	5:38	5:34
29	11.9	5:38	5:34
30	11.9	5:38	5:33

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 6.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Punta de Piedras?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Punta de Piedras for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Punta de Piedras in September

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

In September, Punta de Piedras sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 9 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Punta de Piedras in September

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

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 28°C and coldest in February near 24°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	25	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	27	26
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	25	Warm
Feb	24	Warm
Mar	24	Warm
Apr	25	Warm
May	25	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	28	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	26	Warm

UV index in Punta de Piedras in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Punta de Piedras peaks around March 23 at about 14 (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	14	13	11	11	11	13	12	10	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	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Punta de Piedras in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Punta de Piedras is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	15	16	21	24	30	23	18	13	15	12	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Punta de Piedras?

Punta de Piedras sits at 10.9°N, 64.1°W, 2 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is La Guardia, 14 km away.

Topography around Punta de Piedras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta de Piedras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,692 m.

The land around Punta de Piedras is covered by water (59%) within 3 km, water (66%) within 16 km, and water (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

26 m

water 59%

16 km

362 m

water 66%

80 km

1,692 m

water 75%

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← August Punta de Piedras year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: La Guardia 14 km · San Juan Bautista 21 km · Juan Griego 25 km · Porlamar 26 km · Santa Ana 27 km · La Asunción 29 km · Pampatar 35 km · Araya 40 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 Piedras (10.9012°, -64.0969°, elevation 2 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	26
2	27	26
3	27	26
4	27	26
5	27	26
6	27	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	30
28	30
29	30
30	31

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	26
2	27	26
3	27	26
4	27	26
5	27	26
6	27	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	30
28	30
29	30
30	31

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	26
2	27	26
3	27	26
4	27	26
5	27	26
6	27	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	26
14	27	26
15	27	26
16	27	26
17	27	26
18	27	26
19	27	26
20	27	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	27	26
24	27	26
25	27	26
26	27	26
27	27	26
28	27	26
29	27	26
30	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	55	45
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	50	50
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	33
10	33
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	30
25	30
26	30
27	30
28	30
29	30
30	31

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	24	76