The climatic regions of Venezuela are diverse, since it is located in the tropics. Its territory is influenced by the pressures of Ecuador and the trade winds.
The Republic of Venezuela is located in a tropical temperate zone. This country is characterized by having diverse climates, since it is a territory where several variables that influence such as intensity, wind direction and topography are presented.
In this way, in Venezuela it is possible to find alpine climate but also humid tropical climate. This is how we find that in Venezuela the rainy season is in the period between May and October, and the dry seasons go from the month of December to the month of April.
It could be said that the climate of the Republic of Venezuela is divided into four temperate regions according to altitude: tropical, subtropical, temperate and cold.
TYPES OF CLIMATES
Tropical Rainforest Climate
Present in the Amazon and in the south of Guyana. It is common here to find intensity in rainfall and high temperatures during the course of the year, and there is no defined dry season.
Tropical climate of Savannah
This climate is present in most of the Venezuelan territory. In addition, high temperatures are present throughout the year and there is a dry season when the period of little sunshine is present, i.e. from December to March. San Cristóbal and Caracas are some of the cities that have this climate.
Temperate intertropical climate
This climate is present at the highest levels of the northern Cordillera. Also, in the middle levels of the Andes. It usually happens that one month a year the temperature is below 18 ° C.
Tundra climate:
Andean moorland climate such as sidings and Eagle Peak
Ice climate:
Here we talk about polar climates. In the case of Venezuela, they are present at Andean summits such as Picos Bolívar.
Steppe and semiarid climate: its main characteristic is dryness. It is present in the Venezuelan dry literal as for example Maracaibo and Barquisimeto.
Desert climate: The vegetation has disappeared almost entirely. It is present in the Isthmus of the dunes.