Climate averages 1991–2020
Cumaná weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cumaná: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 (64 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Cumaná, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Cumaná ranks 46th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Cumaná is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 6.8 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Porlamar in DecemberVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Carúpano in DecemberVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Anaco in DecemberVenezuela · 119 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Maturín in DecemberVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- El Tigre in DecemberVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 26 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 175 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Zaraza in DecemberVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in DecemberVenezuela · 244 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 18 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.