Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks 4th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Punto Fijo is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 50 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
Punto Fijo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 28 | 3.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 5.6 | 0.8 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 33.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 14 | 3.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 50 | 8.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 74 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 63 | 10.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 18 | 4.1 | 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
- Coro in AugustVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Oranjestad in AugustAruba · 94 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Willemstad in AugustCuracao · 151 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 26.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Carora in AugustVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in AugustVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Maracaibo in AugustVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Cabimas in AugustVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 236 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in AugustVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 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 Punto Fijo) is explained once on the Punto Fijo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.