Climate averages 1991–2020
La Villa del Rosario weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th 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 La Villa del Rosario: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (39 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as La Villa del Rosario, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, La Villa del Rosario ranks 9th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 24th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; La Villa del Rosario is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 7.6 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
La Villa del Rosario climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 7.7 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 23 | 5.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 65 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 135 | 21.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 106 | 19.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 104 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 111 | 21.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 109 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 150 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 131 | 19.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Machiques in DecemberVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 mm rain
- La Concepción in DecemberVenezuela · 61 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 69 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 84 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Cabimas in DecemberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 97 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 104 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in DecemberVenezuela · 110 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 68 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 La Villa del Rosario) is explained once on the La Villa del Rosario year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.