Climate averages 1991–2020
Carora weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Carora: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 3rd 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 El Tocuyo (53 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, 3.1°C cooler than Carora, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carora ranks 5th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Carora is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 4.1 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
Carora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 7.6 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 38 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 34.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 34.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 66 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 57 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 32.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 14 | 3.0 | 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
- El Tocuyo in DecemberVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabudare in DecemberVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in DecemberVenezuela · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Yaritagua in DecemberVenezuela · 105 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- San Timoteo in DecemberVenezuela · 116 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Acarigua in DecemberVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Chivacoa in DecemberVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 61 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 Carora) is explained once on the Carora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.