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 →

Caracas🇻🇪 Venezuela · Caribbean Colombia & Venezuela · City88
  1. 88Jan
  2. 87Feb
  3. 83Mar
  4. 73Apr
  5. 74May
  6. 75Jun
  7. 76Jul
  8. 68Aug
  9. 64Sep
  10. 62Oct
  11. 68Nov
  12. 84Dec

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, Venezuela
Photo: Su Velaides · Pexels

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.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan88A27°C9 d11 hBusy2
Feb87A28°C7 d11 hBusy2
Mar83A29°C8 d11 hShoulder3
Apr73B29°C16 d10 hShoulder2
May74B29°C18 d11 hShoulder1
Jun75B28°C20 d11 hBusy1
Jul76B28°C22 d11 hPeak3
Aug68C28°C24 d11 hBusy1
Sep64C28°C27 d11 hBusy1
Oct62C28°C27 d10 hBusy1
Nov68C27°C23 d10 hBusy1
Dec84A27°C13 d11 hBusy2

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

Everything on in Caracas through the year →

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)

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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.
Tripadvisor community · January · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
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.
Tripadvisor community · July · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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