Climate and average weather in San José de Barlovento

In San José de Barlovento, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around July.

Best: late December to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in San José de Barlovento typically varies from 22°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 33°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit San José de Barlovento for warm-weather activities is from late December to mid April.

Hottest
Sep
31°
Coldest
Jan
22°
Wettest
Jul
143 mm
Driest
Mar
46 mm
Rain / yr
1147 mm
233 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
6 m
10.3°N
Clearest
Jan
45% cloud

San José de Barlovento is city.

Founded
1846

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

San José de Barlovento 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 late December to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in San José de Barlovento, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in San José de Barlovento stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 31°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 22°C and high of 27°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2722
Feb2722
Mar2823
Apr2924
May3024
Jun2924
Jul2924
Aug3024
Sep3124
Oct3124
Nov3024
Dec2823

How hot and cold San José de Barlovento really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

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, San José de Barlovento feels like about 36°C (around September 18). About 240 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in September.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30272222
Feb30272222
Mar31282323
Apr33292324
May34302424
Jun33292424
Jul33292424
Aug35302424
Sep36312424
Oct35312424
Nov34302424
Dec31282323

Average hourly temperature in San José de Barlovento

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 September afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

San José de Barlovento weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 22°6918.811.55.5
Feb27° / 22°4914.411.75.8
Mar28° / 23°4612.211.95.9
Apr29° / 24°5311.812.25.0
May30° / 24°10117.212.54.1
Jun29° / 24°1372312.63.6
Jul29° / 24°14325.212.53.6
Aug30° / 24°12723.512.33.5
Sep31° / 24°952012.13.4
Oct31° / 24°10221.411.83.4
Nov30° / 24°12423.511.53.5
Dec28° / 23°10021.911.44.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

San José de Barlovento gets about 1147 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 7.3 months, from around May 30 to Jan 6, peaking in June at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 3.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 143 mm over about 25 wet days; March is the driest, with 46 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 27 · 81%Apr 3 · 35%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan6019
Feb5114
Mar4012
Apr4012
May5517
Jun7623
Jul8125
Aug7624
Sep6720
Oct6921
Nov7824
Dec7122

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, San José de Barlovento collects about 1147 mm of rain across 233 wet days — roughly 96 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 143 mm, while March is the driest at just 46 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6949465310113714312795102124100
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan6919
Feb4914
Mar4612
Apr5312
May10117
Jun13723
Jul14325
Aug12724
Sep9520
Oct10221
Nov12424
Dec10022

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In San José de Barlovento, 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 29 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around March 31. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 72% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 1 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around August 24. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 6 · 75%May 5 · 24%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7228
Feb7228
Mar5545
Apr3169
May2773
Jun3070
Jul3862
Aug4456
Sep3862
Oct3862
Nov4060
Dec5743

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 May 31, 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.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.56:205:47
Feb11.76:195:58
Mar11.96:066:01
Apr12.25:476:01
May12.55:366:04
Jun12.65:366:12
Jul12.55:436:16
Aug12.35:486:08
Sep12.15:475:50
Oct11.85:465:32
Nov11.55:545:25
Dec11.46:085:32

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

San José de Barlovento averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 16 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around Nov 30 to Mar 31. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 15 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is April, down near 5 sunny days — about 69% fewer than the January peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightJan 2916 daysApr 203 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr5Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov7Gloomy
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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.

San José de Barlovento 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 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan19801
Feb20791
Mar18821
Apr4888
May17723
Jun08218
Jul08317
Aug07327
Sep06733
Oct07129
Nov08119
Dec8875

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 San José de Barlovento is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around Nov 27 to May 1. The windiest month is February, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 2 to Nov 26, with August the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 19 · 11 km/hAug 15 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar10calm
Apr9calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec9calm

Best time to visit San José de Barlovento

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in San José de Barlovento throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early January, San José de Barlovento is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 San José de Barlovento for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to mid April, with a peak score in the first week of March.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 6 · 6.1

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.5fair
Feb5.8good
Mar5.9good
Apr5.0fair
May4.1fair
Jun3.6fair
Jul3.6fair
Aug3.5poor
Sep3.4poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov3.5fair
Dec4.5fair

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 San José de Barlovento for hot-weather activities is from late December to late May, with a peak score in the first week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 2 · 6.7

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 San José de Barlovento, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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.

San José de Barlovento packs about the same all year — highs hold near 31°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, San José de Barlovento sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near San José de Barlovento

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) 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
Jan26Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr26Warm
May27Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in San José de Barlovento by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 San José de Barlovento peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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 20UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in San José de Barlovento

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.55.5
Feb7.55.5
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec74.5

Air quality in San José de Barlovento by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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 San José de Barlovento is worst in June — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1030 µg/m³Jan 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

San José de Barlovento is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. San José de Barlovento banks about 5,938 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan462
Feb417
Mar475
Apr487
May521
Jun496
Jul507
Aug524
Sep523
Oct538
Nov502
Dec486

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.

San José de Barlovento receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.6 and 5.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 275.9 kWhDec 34.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb5.5Bright
Mar5.9Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep5.8Bright
Oct5.4Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.6Bright

Where is San José de Barlovento?

San José de Barlovento sits at 10.3°N, 66.0°W, 6 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Río Chico, 2.0 km away.

Topography around San José de Barlovento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San José de Barlovento has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,213 m.

The land around San José de Barlovento is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
281 m
80 km
2,213 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Río Chico 2.0 km · Mamporal 17 km · Higuerote 24 km · Caucagua 42 km · Guatire 63 km · Altagracia de Orituco 65 km · Guarenas 71 km · Santa Teresa del Tuy 74 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 José de Barlovento (10.3012°, -65.9905°, elevation 6 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).