Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos del Zulia weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in San Carlos del Zulia: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ejido (91 km away, marked approximate). In December its highs average 24.2°C, 4.9°C cooler than San Carlos del Zulia, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Carlos del Zulia ranks 36th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 65th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; San Carlos del Zulia is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 97 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ejido (approximate) in DecemberVenezuela · 91 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 96 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 140 mm rain
- San Timoteo in DecemberVenezuela · 129 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 135 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Machiques in DecemberVenezuela · 136 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Cúcuta in DecemberColombia · 137 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Socopó in DecemberVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Ojeda in DecemberVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 68 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.