Climate averages 1991–2020
El Tocuyo weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Tocuyo: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carora (53 km away). In August its highs average 34.8°C, 5.1°C warmer than El Tocuyo, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, El Tocuyo ranks joint 30th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; El Tocuyo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 75 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
El Tocuyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 39 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 46 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 171 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 143 | 21.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 96 | 18.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 73 | 17.3 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 53 | 13.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 75 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 129 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 15.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Carora in AugustVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in AugustVenezuela · 57 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Cabudare in AugustVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in AugustVenezuela · 66 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Acarigua in AugustVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Yaritagua in AugustVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Guanare in AugustVenezuela · 83 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Chivacoa in AugustVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 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 El Tocuyo) is explained once on the El Tocuyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.