Gardening in Venezuela: climate, frost dates and crops by region

None of the 16 cities of Venezuela on this page had frost in 2016–2025, so gardens there follow warmth and rain rather than frost dates. The warmest month averages 34.6 °C by day in Coro and 22.3 °C in Mérida (Venezuela).

Climate zones of Venezuela

By the days between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.

Zone	Cities	Frost-free days	Last spring frost	First autumn frost
No frost in ten years	Coro, Maracaibo, Caracas, Cumaná, Los Teques, Maracay, Valencia (Venezuela), Barcelona (Venezuela), Barquisimeto, Maturín, Valera, Barinas, Mérida (Venezuela), Ciudad Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar, San Cristóbal	—	—	—

How the regions of Venezuela differ

Splitting the cities in two — north (Coro, Maracaibo, Caracas and 5 more) and south (Barquisimeto, Maturín, Valera and 5 more): the north gets about 921 mm of rain a year and the south about 1,582 mm.

The gap between the warmest month’s days and the coldest month’s nights is widest in Maracay (13.5 °C) and smallest in Cumaná (6.5 °C): the smaller it is, the milder both winter and summer. Valera is the wettest of these cities with 2,324 mm a year, Cumaná the driest with 293 mm.

Which crops suit which part of Venezuela

Cities without a spring frost: months that suit each crop

Months whose average day is not above the highest temperature on the plant card and whose average night is not below its lowest.

City	Tomato	Cucumber	Bell Pepper	Eggplant	Watermelon
Coro	none	all year	none	none	all year
Maracaibo	none	all year	none	none	all year
Caracas	October–August	April–November	all year	none	April–November
Cumaná	none	all year	November–August	December–April	all year
Los Teques	none	all year	May–February	none	all year
Maracay	none	all year	June–September	none	all year
Valencia (Venezuela)	none	all year	June–November	June–August	all year
Barcelona (Venezuela)	none	all year	November–August	January, February and June, July	all year
Barquisimeto	none	all year	May–August and November, December	May	all year
Maturín	none	all year	June, July and December, January	none	all year
Valera	none	none	none	none	none
Barinas	none	all year	May–November	June, July	all year
Mérida (Venezuela)	none	none	none	none	none
Ciudad Guayana	none	all year	July	none	all year
Ciudad Bolívar	none	all year	July	none	all year
San Cristóbal	April–January	February–June and September–November	all year	none	February–June and September–November

Cities of Venezuela: weather in numbers

City	Frost-free days	Warmest month, day	Coldest month, night	Rain a year	Driest month	Places to buy
Coro	no frost	August, 34.6 °C	January, 24 °C	320 mm	January	—
Maracaibo	no frost	August, 32.5 °C	January, 24 °C	1,097 mm	February	9
Caracas	no frost	September, 27.6 °C	January, 16.2 °C	1,202 mm	February	37
Cumaná	no frost	September, 30.8 °C	February, 24.3 °C	293 mm	January	—
Los Teques	no frost	April, 30.2 °C	January, 18.7 °C	1,106 mm	February	—
Maracay	no frost	March, 32.7 °C	January, 19.2 °C	865 mm	February	5
Valencia (Venezuela)	no frost	March, 31.6 °C	January, 19.9 °C	977 mm	February	7
Barcelona (Venezuela)	no frost	September, 30.9 °C	January, 22.8 °C	624 mm	January	7
Barquisimeto	no frost	March, 31.7 °C	January, 19.1 °C	599 mm	January	7
Maturín	no frost	April, 33 °C	January, 21.7 °C	1,457 mm	February	12
Valera	no frost	August, 22.4 °C	January, 11.6 °C	2,324 mm	January	—
Barinas	no frost	March, 32.4 °C	July, 21.5 °C	1,198 mm	January	12
Mérida (Venezuela)	no frost	September, 22.3 °C	January, 9.4 °C	1,706 mm	January	8
Ciudad Guayana	no frost	April, 34.3 °C	January, 22.8 °C	1,328 mm	February	17
Ciudad Bolívar	no frost	April, 34.4 °C	January, 22.5 °C	1,716 mm	February	—
San Cristóbal	no frost	March, 27.5 °C	January, 17.1 °C	1,727 mm	February	—

ERA5 2016–2025 via Open-Meteo, 25 km grid cell of each city; dates by the Greenly calendar and the plant cards.