Climate averages 1991–2020
Maturín weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maturín: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Carúpano (103 km away). In December its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Maturín, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Maturín ranks joint 43rd of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 47th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Maturín is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 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
Maturín climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 39 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 29 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 28 | 9.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 85 | 17.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 25.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 127 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 121 | 25.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 97 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 84 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 21.9 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 68 | 18.6 | 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
- Carúpano in DecemberVenezuela · 103 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Cumaná in DecemberVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 144 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Anaco in DecemberVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Tucupita in DecemberVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 108 mm rain
- El Tigre in DecemberVenezuela · 151 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Porlamar in DecemberVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in DecemberVenezuela · 166 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 48 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 Maturín) is explained once on the Maturín year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.