Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 335 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In August its highs average 25.7°C, 5.3°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks joint 11th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 64th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 335 mm to 326 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
San Carlos del Zulia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 97 | 16.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 99 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 273 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 350 | 29.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 299 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 306 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 326 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 351 | 29.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 331 | 28.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 200 | 24.2 | 11.612 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
- Ejido (approximate) in AugustVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- San Timoteo in AugustVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Machiques in AugustVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Cúcuta in AugustColombia · 137 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Socopó in AugustVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 239 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in AugustVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 226 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 San Carlos del Zulia) is explained once on the San Carlos del Zulia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.