Climate averages 1991–2020

Puerto Cabello weather
in December.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 23.2°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 86 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Puerto Cabello · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in Puerto Cabello: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guacara (31 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Puerto Cabello, with 104 mm of rain.

Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Puerto Cabello ranks 52nd of 65 for the warmest December highs and 51st of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Puerto Cabello is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 39 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Puerto Cabello climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Puerto Cabello, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.1°C22.7°C22.7°C399.611.612 h
February 27.3°C22.7°C22.7°C357.611.812 h
March 27.8°C22.9°C22.9°C459.612.112 h
April 28.4°C23.7°C23.7°C8915.612.412 h
May 29.0°C24.2°C24.2°C13420.712.613 h
June 28.9°C24.1°C24.1°C12522.512.713 h
July 28.9°C23.9°C23.9°C11922.712.713 h
August 29.7°C24.4°C24.4°C9120.312.512 h
September 30.2°C24.6°C24.6°C9019.312.212 h
October 29.5°C24.3°C24.3°C12823.511.912 h
November 28.4°C23.9°C23.9°C15323.911.712 h
December, selected 27.5°C23.2°C23.2°C8617.211.512 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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Puerto Cabello

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Puerto Cabello) is explained once on the Puerto Cabello year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.