Climate averages 1991–2020
Porlamar weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Porlamar: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cumaná (64 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Porlamar, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Porlamar ranks joint 44th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Porlamar is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 36 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
Porlamar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 11.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 18 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 27 | 8.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 43 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 42 | 12.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 36 | 10.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 42 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 66 | 15.5 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 60 | 15.2 | 11.511 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
- Cumaná in AugustVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Carúpano in AugustVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Maturín in AugustVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Anaco in AugustVenezuela · 182 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 124 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in AugustVenezuela · 232 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 133 mm rain
- El Tigre in AugustVenezuela · 234 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Zaraza in AugustVenezuela · 239 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 193 mm rain
- Port of Spain in AugustTrinidad and Tobago · 259 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 135 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 Porlamar) is explained once on the Porlamar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.