Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Ayacucho weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puerto Ayacucho: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 350 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biruaca (243 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Puerto Ayacucho, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho ranks joint 42nd of 65 for the warmest August highs and 65th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Puerto Ayacucho is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 350 mm to 300 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
Puerto Ayacucho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 12.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 318 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 455 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 494 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 449 | 30.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 350 | 29.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 300 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 296 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 231 | 25.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 14.3 | 11.812 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
- Biruaca in AugustVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 246 mm rain
- San Fernando de Apure in AugustVenezuela · 248 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 239 mm rain
- Calabozo in AugustVenezuela · 363 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Arauca in AugustColombia · 385 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 293 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in AugustVenezuela · 432 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Guanare in AugustVenezuela · 444 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Socopó in AugustVenezuela · 458 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 239 mm rain
- San Carlos in AugustVenezuela · 459 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 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 Puerto Ayacucho) is explained once on the Puerto Ayacucho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.