San José de Guanipa weather in October

In October, San José de Guanipa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 84 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 13% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is San José de Guanipa's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San José de Guanipa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
15.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:38 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

San José de Guanipa is city in Venezuela.

Founded
1910

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 33°C through the month.

A typical October day in San José de Guanipa reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in San José de Guanipa

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.

San José de Guanipa weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°92.611.54.4
Feb33° / 22°61.511.74.1
Mar34° / 22°142.411.93.5
Apr34° / 23°375.612.22.9
May33° / 23°9313.712.43.0
Jun31° / 23°12620.612.53.2
Jul31° / 23°12723.212.53.2
Aug31° / 23°13322.812.33.1
Sep32° / 23°10218.712.13.1
Oct33° / 23°8415.611.83.0
Nov33° / 23°6413.611.63.2
Dec32° / 22°267.511.54.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
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53070
62971
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113169
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

San José de Guanipa gets around 84 mm of rain over 15.6 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 50% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3149

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
122375
222375
322474
422474
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822474
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1012475
1112475
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Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:38 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:385:33
211.95:385:33
311.95:385:32
411.95:385:32
511.95:385:31
611.95:385:31
711.95:385:30
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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 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for San José de Guanipa

In seasonPeak

In October, San José de Guanipa sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

San José de Guanipa'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 San José de Guanipa?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San José de Guanipa.

What to pack for San José de Guanipa in October

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

In October, San José de Guanipa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San José de Guanipa in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (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 José de Guanipa peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in San José de Guanipa 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 San José de Guanipa is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (January, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1430 µg/m³Jan 1019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is San José de Guanipa?

San José de Guanipa sits at 8.9°N, 64.2°W, 261 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is El Tigre, 10 km away.

Aragua de BarcelonaSoledadPunta de MataCiudad Bolívar

Topography around San José de Guanipa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San José de Guanipa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 435 m.

The land around San José de Guanipa is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (81%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
435 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: El Tigre 10 km · Cantaura 51 km · Pariaguán 60 km · Anaco 69 km · Aragua de Barcelona 97 km · Soledad 104 km · Punta de Mata 108 km · Ciudad Bolívar 109 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 Guanipa (8.8872°, -64.1651°, elevation 261 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).