Valencia, Venezuela's third-largest city, sits in a valley of the coastal mountain range in the north of the country, near Lake Valencia at around 480 metres above sea level and approximately 10.16°N, 68.01°W. Its modest altitude tempers the tropical latitude to give a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — warm year-round — with a wet and a dry season.

There is no summer in the temperate sense: temperatures stay warm and steady, with daytime highs around 30–32°C and mild nights near 20–21°C, kept from becoming oppressive by the valley's elevation. The wet season, from May to November, brings heavy afternoon and evening thunderstorms, greening the surrounding hills.

There is no true winter, but the dry season from December to April brings warm, sunny, breezy days with little rain and lower humidity, as the northeasterly trade winds prevail. Nights are pleasantly cool, and this bright, dry stretch is comfortably the most agreeable time of year in the valley.

Valencia receives on the order of 900–1,000 mm of rain a year, concentrated in the wet season from May to November, while December to March is markedly dry; the coastal range to the north shelters the valley from the wetter Caribbean air. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.

Valencia's valley setting beside Lake Valencia gives it a milder, drier climate than the Venezuelan coast just over the mountains. The lake itself has risen steadily in recent decades as urban runoff has poured in, submerging farmland and settlements on its shores — a slow-motion flood driven by the wet season's rains.

To follow any single measurement in Valencia more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.