Barquisimeto weather by month & the best time to visit
🇻🇪 Venezuela · city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Barquisimeto is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with January and December close behind. Barquisimeto averages about 2,492 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,492
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 803 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 619 m

When is the best time to visit Barquisimeto?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Barquisimeto is February, then January and December. The dullest month is May (75/100, 100 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Barquisimeto?
Barquisimeto gets a moderate 2,492 hours of sunshine a year. February (92/100) is noticeably better than May (75). It ranks #13 of 19 destinations in Venezuela for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,611 hours. The year's 803 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 90 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 19 mm | 9 |
| February | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 10 mm | 10 |
| March | 80 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 24 mm | 10 |
| April | 82 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 62 mm | 10 |
| May | 75 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 100 mm | 9 |
| June | 75 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 99 mm | 9 |
| July | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 100 mm | 10 |
| August | 76 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 95 mm | 11 |
| September | 78 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 83 mm | 11 |
| October | 76 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 98 mm | 10 |
| November | 80 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 72 mm | 9 |
| December | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 41 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Willemstad Curaçao · 243 km · best in Mar · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Kralendijk Caribbean Netherlands · 261 km · best in Mar · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Maiquetía Venezuela · 266 km · best in Mar · 2,699 h sun/yr
- Oranjestad Aruba · 283 km · best in Mar · 3,176 h sun/yr
- Cúcuta Colombia · 419 km · best in Nov · 1,616 h sun/yr
- Riohacha Colombia · 423 km · best in Jan · 2,757 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Valera Venezuela · 155 km · 2,112 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Coro Venezuela · 157 km · 2,867 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Barinas Venezuela · 184 km · 2,071 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Paraguaná Venezuela · 212 km · 3,065 h sun/yr · best in Mar
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