Climate averages 1991–2020
El Tocuyo weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in El Tocuyo: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carora (53 km away). In December its highs average 32.0°C, 3.1°C warmer than El Tocuyo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, El Tocuyo ranks joint 40th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 44th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; El Tocuyo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 39 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Carora in DecemberVenezuela · 53 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 57 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabudare in DecemberVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in DecemberVenezuela · 66 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Acarigua in DecemberVenezuela · 70 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Yaritagua in DecemberVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Guanare in DecemberVenezuela · 83 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Chivacoa in DecemberVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 61 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.