San Carlos weather in January

In January, San Carlos sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-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 41% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 San Carlos's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Carlos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:29 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
49%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

San Carlos is city in Cojedes, Venezuela.

Founded
1678

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 San Carlos reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°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 about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313422

How January really feels in San Carlos

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.

San Carlos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°92.411.54.2
Feb34° / 23°81.911.73.6
Mar34° / 23°264.611.93.0
Apr33° / 24°10613.112.23.0
May31° / 23°19422.912.43.1
Jun29° / 22°19324.512.63.3
Jul29° / 22°18026.312.53.4
Aug29° / 22°15726.312.33.3
Sep30° / 22°1302412.13.3
Oct31° / 22°12622.111.83.3
Nov31° / 23°961711.63.5
Dec32° / 22°386.711.44.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
36535
46535
56634
66634
76733
86832
96832
106832
116931
126832
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216832
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296634
306535
316535

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

San Carlos gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.4 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 7% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
112
211
311
411
511
610
710
810
99
109
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138
147
157
167
177
186
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216
226
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245
255
265
275
285
295
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315

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 42% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1340525
2341515
3342514
4343504
5345493
6346483
7347473
8348472
9349462
10350452
11351442
12452431
13453421
14454411
15455401
16555391
17556381
18656371
19657361
20756361
21757351
22856351
23857341
24956341
25957331
261056331
271056331
281156321
291155322
301155322
311155322

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 6:24 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:245:51
211.46:255:51
311.46:255:52
411.56:255:52
511.56:265:53
611.56:265:53
711.56:265:54
811.56:275:54
911.56:275:55
1011.56:275:55
1111.56:285:56
1211.56:285:56
1311.56:285:57
1411.56:285:57
1511.56:295:58
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1911.56:296:00
2011.56:306:00
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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 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for San Carlos

In seasonPeak

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

San Carlos's rainy season runs April–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 San Carlos?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for San Carlos in January

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

In January, San Carlos sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in San Carlos 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 San Carlos peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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 highMar 14UV 13Dec 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in San Carlos 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 San Carlos is worst in June — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1031 µg/m³Dec 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San Carlos?

San Carlos sits at 9.7°N, 68.6°W, 134 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Las Vegas, 15 km away.

Topography around San Carlos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Carlos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 593 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around San Carlos is covered by trees (40%), artificial surfaces (36%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
593 m
80 km
1,719 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Las Vegas 15 km · Tinaco 17 km · Tinaquillo 42 km · San Rafael de Onoto 42 km · El Pao 50 km · Nirgua 54 km · Miranda 58 km · Chivacoa 65 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 San Carlos (9.6641°, -68.5866°, elevation 134 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).