Climate averages 1991–2020
Acarigua weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Acarigua: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (53 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Acarigua, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Acarigua ranks joint 42nd of 65 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Acarigua is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Acarigua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 33 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 121 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 197 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 228 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 142 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 115 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 107 | 21.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 78 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 31 | 7.5 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Los Rastrojos in AugustVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Cabudare in AugustVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Yaritagua in AugustVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in AugustVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- San Carlos in AugustVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in AugustVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Chivacoa in AugustVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Guanare in AugustVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 240 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Acarigua) is explained once on the Acarigua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.