Climate averages 1991–2020
Cumaná weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cumaná: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porlamar (64 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Cumaná, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cumaná ranks joint 40th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Cumaná is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cumaná climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 38 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 90 | 20.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 71 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 59 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 49 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Porlamar in AugustVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Carúpano in AugustVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Anaco in AugustVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Maturín in AugustVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 121 mm rain
- El Tigre in AugustVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 133 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in AugustVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Zaraza in AugustVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 193 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in AugustVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 195 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 Cumaná) is explained once on the Cumaná year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.