Climate averages 1991–2020
Caracas weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Caracas: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baruta (6 km away). In December its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Caracas, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Caracas ranks 60th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 41st of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Caracas is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 29 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
Caracas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 29 | 9.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 27 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 48 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 119 | 16.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 145 | 19.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 107 | 19.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 130 | 22.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 27.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 182 | 25.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 191 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 214 | 27.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 179 | 24.1 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 61 | 14.9 | 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
- Baruta in DecemberVenezuela · 6 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Petare in DecemberVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Los Teques in DecemberVenezuela · 24 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Guarenas in DecemberVenezuela · 28 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Cúa in DecemberVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in DecemberVenezuela · 37 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Guatire in DecemberVenezuela · 37 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in DecemberVenezuela · 43 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 43 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 Caracas) is explained once on the Caracas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baruta lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.