Country guide

Venezuela

Angel Falls' kilometre-high drop and the reef atolls of Los Roques, mostly on hold for outside visitors.

Currency

VES

Language

Spanish

English

Limited

Payment

Cash only

Power

Type A / B

120 V, 60 Hz

Dialing

+58

Bring cash. Foreign cards and ATMs are unreliable to unusable here, so plan on carrying what the trip needs and changing money on arrival.

Destinations

Venezuela

Angel Falls (Canaima)

The tallest waterfall on earth, falling off a lost world of a mountain into jungle no road reaches.

✓ best Sep-Apr

Venezuela

Caracas

A capital pinned beneath a national-park mountain, with one of the great modernist campuses of the 20th century.

✓ best Jan-May

Venezuela

Merida

A student city at the foot of Venezuela's highest peak, with a cable car to nearly 4,800 metres.

✓ best Dec-Mar

Climate zones, month by month

Venezuela has 3 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Angel Falls (Canaima) Canaima National Park →

Jan

32°

21°

28mm

12d rain

Feb

34°

22°

17mm

11d rain

Mar

34°

23°

60mm

12d rain

Apr

34°

23°

83mm

19d rain

May

31°

22°

219mm

25d rain

Jun

28°

21°

262mm

27d rain

Jul

28°

21°

217mm

27d rain

Aug

29°

22°

193mm

26d rain

Sep

31°

23°

65mm

21d rain

Oct

31°

23°

77mm

20d rain

Nov

31°

22°

80mm

20d rain

Dec

31°

22°

70mm

17d rain

June Wettest month. 262mm · 27 rainy days

✓ Best Sep-Apr · ✗ Avoid Jun

Watch for Jun monsoon flooding risk

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Caracas →

Jan

27°

17°

56mm

4d rain

Feb

28°

18°

43mm

3d rain

Mar

29°

19°

21mm

2d rain

Apr

29°

20°

48mm

4d rain

May

29°

21°

70mm

7d rain

Jun

29°

21°

113mm

11d rain

Jul

28°

21°

121mm

13d rain

Aug

28°

21°

133mm

12d rain

Sep

29°

21°

118mm

9d rain

Oct

29°

21°

144mm

11d rain

Nov

28°

20°

130mm

9d rain

Dec

27°

19°

107mm

7d rain

✓ Best Jan-May

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Merida Andes →

Jan

26°

15°

32mm

6d rain

Feb

27°

15°

37mm

5d rain

Mar

27°

16°

78mm

9d rain

Apr

27°

17°

169mm

15d rain

May

27°

17°

192mm

17d rain

Jun

26°

17°

155mm

16d rain

Jul

26°

16°

121mm

16d rain

Aug

27°

17°

129mm

15d rain

Sep

27°

17°

189mm

16d rain

Oct

26°

17°

205mm

17d rain

Nov

26°

16°

156mm

14d rain

Dec

26°

16°

71mm

8d rain

✓ Best Dec-Mar

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions