Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Ayacucho weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Puerto Ayacucho: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biruaca (243 km away). In December its highs average 32.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Puerto Ayacucho, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho ranks 23rd of 65 for the warmest December highs and 57th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Puerto Ayacucho is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 28 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Biruaca in DecemberVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- San Fernando de Apure in DecemberVenezuela · 248 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Calabozo in DecemberVenezuela · 363 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Arauca in DecemberColombia · 385 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in DecemberVenezuela · 432 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Guanare in DecemberVenezuela · 444 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Socopó in DecemberVenezuela · 458 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 24 mm rain
- San Carlos in DecemberVenezuela · 459 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 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.