Abstract We consider the Bézier variant of Chlodovsky–Durrmeyer operators 𝐷𝑛,α for functions 𝑓 measurable and locally bounded on the interval [0,∞). By using the Chanturia modulus of variation we estimate the rate of pointwise convergence of (𝐷𝑛,α 𝑓) (𝑥) at those 𝑥 > 0 at which the one-sided limits 𝑓(𝑥+), 𝑓(𝑥–) exist. In the special case α = 1 the recent result of [Ibikli, Karsli, J. Inequal. Pure Appl. Math. 6: 12, 2005] concerning the Chlodovsky–Durrmeyer operators 𝐷𝑛 is essentially improved and extended to more general classes of functions.