Tucupido weather in January

In January, Tucupido sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of January to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tucupido's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tucupido's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:17 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
49%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tucupido reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Tucupido

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.

Tucupido weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°61.511.53.5
Feb35° / 23°31.111.73.0
Mar36° / 24°11211.92.5
Apr36° / 25°557.612.22.1
May34° / 25°14216.112.42.3
Jun32° / 24°18221.412.52.7
Jul32° / 23°19125.312.52.7
Aug32° / 23°18925.612.32.6
Sep32° / 24°13422.112.12.7
Oct33° / 24°11018.411.82.9
Nov33° / 24°6813.511.63.1
Dec34° / 24°21511.53.6

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 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26535
36634
46634
56634
66832
76832
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tucupido gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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28
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10126820
20136819
30136918
40146917
50146917
60156916
70157015
80157114
90167014
100167113
110177112
120177112
130187111
140187210
150197110
16020719
17021718
18022708
19023707
20024697
21025696
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23026686
24027685
25028675
26028675
27029665
28129655
29130645
30130645
31130636

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:125:40
211.56:135:41
311.56:135:41
411.56:135:42
511.56:145:42
611.56:145:43
711.56:145:43
811.56:155:44
911.56:155:44
1011.56:155:45
1111.56:165:45
1211.56:165:46
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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 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tucupido

In seasonPeak

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

Tucupido's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Tucupido?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tucupido. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tucupido in January

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

In January, Tucupido sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tucupido in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Tucupido peaks around March 21 at about 14 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Tucupido 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 Tucupido is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1127 µg/m³Jan 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tucupido?

Tucupido sits at 9.3°N, 65.8°W, 134 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Valle de La Pascua, 27 km away.

Altagracia de OritucoClarinesAragua de BarcelonaSan José de BarloventoRío Chico

Topography around Tucupido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tucupido has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,050 m.

The land around Tucupido is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
1,050 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Valle de La Pascua 27 km · Zaraza 50 km · Chaguaramas 53 km · Altagracia de Orituco 93 km · Clarines 100 km · Aragua de Barcelona 105 km · San José de Barlovento 117 km · Río Chico 118 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 Tucupido (9.273°, -65.7715°, 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).