Current Climate

Climatology

This page presents Venezuela, RB's climate context for the current climatology, 1991-2020, derived from observed, historical data. Information should be used to build a strong understanding of current climate conditions in order to appreciate future climate scenarios and projected change. You can visualize data for the current climatology through spatial variation, the seasonal cycle, or as a time series. Analysis is available for both annual and seasonal data. Data presentation defaults to national-scale aggregation, however sub-national data aggregations can be accessed by clicking within a country, on a sub-national unit.  Other historical climatologies can be selected from the Time Period dropdown list. 

Observed, historical data is produced by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia. Data is presented at a 0.5º x 0.5º (50km x 50km) resolution.

Venezuela has a hot and humid tropical climate which is more moderate in the highlands. Caracas, the capital, has a Tropical Savanna climate. The annual precipitation varies between 400 mm in the arid zones to 4,000 mm in the Venezuelan Amazon. Annual average temperature ranges between 24°C and 27°C.