Climate averages 1991–2020
Machiques weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Machiques: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Villa del Rosario (39 km away). In December its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Machiques, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Machiques ranks joint 12th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 27th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Machiques is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 8.7 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- La Villa del Rosario in DecemberVenezuela · 39 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Valledupar in DecemberColombia · 89 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- La Concepción in DecemberVenezuela · 100 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 122 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Cabimas in DecemberVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in DecemberVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 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.