Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th 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 La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Machiques, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks 3rd of 65 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Machiques is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 111 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
Machiques climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 94 | 21.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 95 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 33.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 101 | 24.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 111 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 25.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 209 | 20.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 31.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 32 | 7.6 | 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
- La Villa del Rosario in AugustVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Valledupar in AugustColombia · 89 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- La Concepción in AugustVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AugustVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Cabimas in AugustVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 236 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AugustVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AugustVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 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 Machiques) is explained once on the Machiques year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.