Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Guayana weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ciudad Guayana: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Upata (45 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Ciudad Guayana, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Ciudad Guayana ranks joint 32nd of 65 for the warmest December highs and 37th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Ciudad Guayana is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 23 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
Ciudad Guayana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 32 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 106 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 165 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 191 | 24.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 161 | 22.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 112 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 89 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 85 | 15.9 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 48 | 10.2 | 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
- Upata in DecemberVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Tucupita in DecemberVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in DecemberVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Maturín in DecemberVenezuela · 166 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 178 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Tigre in DecemberVenezuela · 187 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Anaco in DecemberVenezuela · 233 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Carúpano in DecemberVenezuela · 266 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 76 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 Ciudad Guayana) is explained once on the Ciudad Guayana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.