Climate averages 1991–2020
Petare weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Petare: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caracas (8 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Petare, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Petare ranks 51st of 65 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Petare is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 154 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
Petare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 61 | 15.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 54 | 12.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 96 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 124 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 128 | 23.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 152 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 154 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 179 | 25.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 172 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 89 | 19.6 | 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
- Caracas in AugustVenezuela · 8 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 182 mm rain
- Baruta in AugustVenezuela · 9 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Guarenas in AugustVenezuela · 21 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Guatire in AugustVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Los Teques in AugustVenezuela · 29 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in AugustVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Cúa in AugustVenezuela · 36 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in AugustVenezuela · 40 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 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 Petare) is explained once on the Petare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.