Climate and average weather in Tabay

In Tabay, the weather is mild, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near mild levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: early January to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tabay typically varies from 9°C to 17°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 19°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Tabay for warm-weather activities is from early January to late December.

Hottest
May
17°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Apr
387 mm
Driest
Jul
185 mm
Rain / yr
3079 mm
352 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,696 m
8.6°N
Clearest
Jan
73% cloud

Tabay is human settlement in Venezuela.

Density
123/km²
people per km²

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

Tabay 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 December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Tabay stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is May, with an average high of 17°C and low of 11°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 9°C and high of 16°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan169
Feb169
Mar1710
Apr1710
May1711
Jun1710
Jul1710
Aug1710
Sep1710
Oct1710
Nov1710
Dec169

Average hourly temperature in Tabay

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 May afternoons, near 17°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Tabay 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
Jan16° / 19928.211.62.9
Feb16° / 22726.911.72.8
Mar17° / 10°34130.711.92.7
Apr17° / 10°38729.712.22.7
May17° / 11°29730.412.42.8
Jun17° / 10°19628.312.52.9
Jul17° / 10°18529.712.52.8
Aug17° / 10°2033012.32.8
Sep17° / 10°22428.812.12.9
Oct17° / 10°28530.311.82.8
Nov17° / 10°28929.511.62.8
Dec16° / 24529.111.52.9

Chance of rain

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

Tabay gets about 3079 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 3.4 months, from around Feb 15 to May 30, peaking in March at about 99% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 387 mm over about 30 wet days; July is the driest, with 185 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 12 · 99%Jan 1 · 88%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9128
Feb9627
Mar9931
Apr9930
May9830
Jun9528
Jul9530
Aug9730
Sep9629
Oct9730
Nov9830
Dec9429

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tabay collects about 3079 mm of rain across 352 wet days — roughly 257 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 387 mm, while July is the driest at just 185 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec199227341387297196185203224285289245
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan19928
Feb22727
Mar34131
Apr38730
May29730
Jun19628
Jul18530
Aug20330
Sep22429
Oct28530
Nov28930
Dec24529

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tabay, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 7 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around March 23. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 23% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 24 and lasts for 8.5 months, ending around December 6. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 6 · 24%May 7 · 0%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb1882
Mar991
Apr298
May199
Jun397
Jul397
Aug595
Sep496
Oct397
Nov397
Dec1387

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 28, brings about 12 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 1 hour.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.66:376:10
Feb11.76:376:20
Mar11.96:266:22
Apr12.26:096:20
May12.45:596:22
Jun12.56:006:30
Jul12.56:066:34
Aug12.36:106:27
Sep12.16:076:10
Oct11.86:055:54
Nov11.66:125:48
Dec11.56:255:55

Sunny days

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

Tabay gets about 1 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 2 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyJan 52 daysApr 90 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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.

In Tabay, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb982
Mar973
Apr964
May973
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug991
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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.

Wind in Tabay is steady company: average speeds sit near 2 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJun 29 · 3 km/hApr 7 · 2 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan2calm
Feb2calm
Mar2calm
Apr2calm
May2calm
Jun2calm
Jul3calm
Aug2calm
Sep2calm
Oct2calm
Nov2calm
Dec2calm

Best time to visit Tabay

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late December, Tabay 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. In Tabay it holds close to 3.0 all year, so any month is about as good as another for general outdoor tourist activities.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

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
Jan2.9poor
Feb2.8poor
Mar2.7poor
Apr2.7poor
May2.9poor
Jun2.9poor
Jul2.8poor
Aug2.8poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct2.8poor
Nov2.8poor
Dec2.9poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Tabay rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectemperaturecloudsprecipitation

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 Tabay, 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.

Tabay packs about the same all year — highs hold near 17°C. Across the year the things worth having are rain gear, a warm layer and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Tabay sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tabay 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 Tabay peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 15Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Tabay

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 6.5 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)
Jan7.56
Feb86.5
Mar86.5
Apr8.56.5
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55

Air quality in Tabay 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 Tabay is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1930 µg/m³Nov 1415 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tabay 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. Tabay banks about 1,192 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

05001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan71
Feb71
Mar95
Apr110
May124
Jun108
Jul101
Aug107
Sep107
Oct110
Nov102
Dec86

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.

Tabay receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.3 and 5.4 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightAug 315.4 kWhNov 184.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.9Bright
Feb5.1Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr4.5Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec4.6Bright

Where is Tabay?

Tabay sits at 8.6°N, 71.1°W, 1,696 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Merida, 12 km away.

Topography around Tabay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabay has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,156 m around an average of 1,987 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,759 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,841 m.

The land around Tabay is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,156 m
16 km
3,759 m
80 km
4,841 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Merida 12 km · Ejido 20 km · Lagunillas 37 km · La Azulita 41 km · Tucaní 43 km · Socopó 53 km · Timotes 54 km · Nueva Bolivia 57 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 Tabay (8.6317°, -71.0783°, elevation 1,696 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).