Climate averages 1991–2020
Porlamar weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Porlamar: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cumaná (64 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Porlamar, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Porlamar ranks 55th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 40th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Porlamar is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 35 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cumaná in DecemberVenezuela · 64 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Carúpano in DecemberVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Maturín in DecemberVenezuela · 154 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Anaco in DecemberVenezuela · 182 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 232 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Tigre in DecemberVenezuela · 234 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Zaraza in DecemberVenezuela · 239 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Port of Spain in DecemberTrinidad and Tobago · 259 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 85 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.