Climate and average weather in Tovar

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

Best: mid May to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tovar typically varies from 13°C to 25°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 27°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tovar for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid March and mid May to late October.

Hottest
Sep
25°
Coldest
Jan
13°
Wettest
Apr
171 mm
Driest
Aug
23 mm
Rain / yr
1025 mm
137 wet days
Daylight
11.5–12.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
934 m
8.3°N
Clearest
Jan
62% cloud

Tovar is town in Venezuela.

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

Tovar 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 mid May to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Tovar stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 25°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 13°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2313
Feb2314
Mar2315
Apr2315
May2416
Jun2415
Jul2415
Aug2515
Sep2515
Oct2415
Nov2315
Dec2314

Average hourly temperature in Tovar

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 13°C.

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

Tovar 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
Jan23° / 13°549.911.66.7
Feb23° / 14°6710.711.76.4
Mar23° / 15°13416.611.95.6
Apr23° / 15°17117.112.25.2
May24° / 16°10913.712.45.9
Jun24° / 15°438.912.56.4
Jul24° / 15°276.512.46.8
Aug25° / 15°23512.36.9
Sep25° / 15°476.6126.7
Oct24° / 15°12913.711.85.8
Nov23° / 15°13816.611.65.4
Dec23° / 14°8411.711.56.3

Chance of rain

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

Tovar gets about 1025 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.2 months, from around Feb 16 to May 22, peaking in April at about 60% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 30.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 171 mm over about 17 wet days; August is the driest, with 23 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 13 · 60%Aug 30 · 16%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb3811
Mar5317
Apr5817
May4314
Jun309
Jul227
Aug175
Sep237
Oct4414
Nov5417
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tovar collects about 1025 mm of rain across 137 wet days — roughly 85 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 171 mm, while August is the driest at just 23 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec54671341711094327234712913884
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5410
Feb6711
Mar13417
Apr17117
May10914
Jun439
Jul277
Aug235
Sep477
Oct12914
Nov13817
Dec8412

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tovar, 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 3.9 months, ending around March 28. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 43% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 29 and lasts for 8.0 months, ending around November 28. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% 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 4 · 44%May 6 · 2%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4357
Feb3763
Mar2179
Apr694
May397
Jun595
Jul694
Aug892
Sep793
Oct793
Nov1090
Dec3070

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 June 2, 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)
Jan11.66:396:13
Feb11.76:406:23
Mar11.96:286:25
Apr12.26:126:23
May12.46:026:25
Jun12.56:036:32
Jul12.46:096:36
Aug12.36:136:29
Sep12.06:106:13
Oct11.86:085:56
Nov11.66:145:51
Dec11.56:285:59

Sunny days

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

Tovar averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Dec 4 to Mar 21. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is May, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the February peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedFeb 28 daysMay 40 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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 Tovar, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around March 9 to May 29. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 25% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 30 to October 7, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 26 · 100%Apr 19 · 73%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan44533
Feb40555
Mar285913
Apr156025
May156718
Jun38584
Jul66331
Aug82181
Sep73243
Oct374815
Nov136324
Dec30609

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 Tovar is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 26 · 6 km/hNov 10 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr3calm
May4calm
Jun5calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Tovar

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Tovar 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. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Tovar for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid May to late October and again from late November to mid March, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 7.0

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
Jan6.7good
Feb6.4good
Mar5.6good
Apr5.2fair
May5.9good
Jun6.4good
Jul6.8good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.6good
Oct5.8good
Nov5.4fair
Dec6.3good

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 Tovar for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 31 · 6.4

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 Tovar, 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.

Tovar packs about the same all year — highs hold near 25°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Tovar sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tovar 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 Tovar peaks around February 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Average hourly UV index in Tovar

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 February 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
Apr86.5
May8.56.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55

Air quality in Tovar 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 Tovar is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2034 µg/m³Dec 1718 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tovar 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. Tovar banks about 3,344 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan245
Feb231
Mar272
Apr279
May301
Jun289
Jul298
Aug310
Sep300
Oct295
Nov266
Dec259

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.

Tovar receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.4 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 35.4 kWhNov 274.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.6Bright
Feb4.9Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr4.7Bright
May4.7Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.9Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec4.4Bright

Where is Tovar?

Tovar sits at 8.3°N, 71.8°W, 934 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Bailadores, 12 km away.

Topography around Tovar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tovar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,162 m around an average of 1,233 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,315 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,745 m.

The land around Tovar is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,162 m
16 km
3,315 m
80 km
4,745 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Bailadores 12 km · Santa Cruz de Mora 15 km · El Vigía 33 km · La Grita 34 km · Coloncito 37 km · Lagunillas 44 km · La Azulita 54 km · La Fría 56 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 Tovar (8.3301°, -71.7528°, elevation 934 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).