Climate averages 1991–2020
Acarigua weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Acarigua: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (53 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Acarigua, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Acarigua ranks joint 19th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Acarigua is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 9.5 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Los Rastrojos in DecemberVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabudare in DecemberVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Yaritagua in DecemberVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- San Carlos in DecemberVenezuela · 68 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in DecemberVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Chivacoa in DecemberVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Guanare in DecemberVenezuela · 82 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 38 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.