Climate averages 1991–2020
Punto Fijo weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Punto Fijo: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coro (65 km away). In December its highs average 30.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Punto Fijo, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Punto Fijo ranks joint 24th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Punto Fijo is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 3.4 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Coro in DecemberVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Oranjestad in DecemberAruba · 94 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Willemstad in DecemberCuracao · 151 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Carora in DecemberVenezuela · 169 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in DecemberVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Maracaibo in DecemberVenezuela · 193 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Cabimas in DecemberVenezuela · 198 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 203 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 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.