Climate averages 1991–2020
Carúpano weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Carúpano: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Porlamar (75 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Carúpano, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Carúpano ranks joint 40th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 50th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Carúpano is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 50 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
Carúpano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 50 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 30 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 25 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 32 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 61 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 69 | 18.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 64 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 52 | 13.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 59 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 85 | 18.7 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 76 | 18.5 | 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
- Porlamar in DecemberVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Maturín in DecemberVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Cumaná in DecemberVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Port of Spain in DecemberTrinidad and Tobago · 190 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Anaco in DecemberVenezuela · 191 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 221 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Tucupita in DecemberVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Saint George's in DecemberGrenada · 225 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 75 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 Carúpano) is explained once on the Carúpano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.