Caracas weather by month
The best time to visit Caracas is December to February — 88/100 in January, 27°C and 9 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, December to March (86/100 on average).
The worst month is October at 62/100 — hot, soaked, clean air. See October →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Venezuela →
Best season: December to March (86/100 on average) · worst October (62/100)
- Days
- 27°C
- Nights
- 19°C
- Wet days
- 9
- Sun
- 10.7 h
- Humidity
- 78%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Caracas, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Caracas is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Caracas through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Carnaval16–17 FebHoliday
- March
- Palmeros de Chacao27–29 MarFestival
- May
- Diablos Danzantes de Yare4 JunFestival
- July
- Founding of Caracas24–25 JulFestival
- Independence Day parade5 JulHoliday
- School holidays at the coast15 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)Holiday
- October
- Winter baseball season12 Oct – 31 Jan (usually)Festival
- December
- Dry months on the Ávila15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Season
Crowds in Caracas in January
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyWinter baseball season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Caracas
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe Caracas as genuinely not hot at all - often described as pretty cool, sometimes outright cold - a real surprise for a Venezuelan city given its tropical latitude, explained by the city's elevated valley setting. Posters flag areas at even higher elevation near Caracas as chillier still than the city center itself. Posters are consistent that the city's weather patterns can feel genuinely temperamental, shifting more than visitors might expect from a single tropical city. One January visitor specifically reported great weather during their stay, consistent with January generally sitting in Venezuela's cooler, drier season rather than its hot, wet stretch.
Detailed July-specific weather trip reports for Caracas are limited on the forum, with one visitor's July trip report simply describing loving the city despite taking real safety precautions throughout the stay. Posters discussing the nearby May-June stretch describe the weather then as glorious, with beautiful conditions and few tourists, a pattern that broadly extends into July given Caracas's valley setting and relatively stable year-round mountain climate. Posters describe the city's location in the Cerro Ávila valley, with mountains close by and the Caribbean coast a short drive away, as keeping conditions milder than Venezuela's hotter lowland cities. Posters generally rate July as warm and pleasant for a Caracas visit weather-wise, with safety planning the more pressing consideration than the climate itself.
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