Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabimas weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cabimas: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción, Venezuela (26 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cabimas, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cabimas ranks 22nd of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 44th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Cabimas is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 17 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
Cabimas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 153 | 20.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 271 | 28.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 210 | 27.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 208 | 28.6 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 236 | 30.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 233 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 249 | 29.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 188 | 25.5 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 30.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 62 | 13.3 | 11.512 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
- Concepción, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in DecemberVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- La Concepción in DecemberVenezuela · 49 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 27 mm rain
- San Timoteo in DecemberVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 93 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in DecemberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Machiques in DecemberVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 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 Cabimas) is explained once on the Cabimas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.