Climate averages 1991–2020
San Felipe weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in San Felipe: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chivacoa (26 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than San Felipe, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Felipe ranks joint 47th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 49th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; San Felipe is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 43 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 Felipe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 43 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 42 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 89 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 170 | 19.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 123 | 23.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 21.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 93 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 132 | 23.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 133 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 15.1 | 11.512 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
- Chivacoa in DecemberVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Yaritagua in DecemberVenezuela · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Los Rastrojos in DecemberVenezuela · 65 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabudare in DecemberVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in DecemberVenezuela · 67 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 74 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- San Carlos in DecemberVenezuela · 77 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Puerto Cabello in DecemberVenezuela · 81 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 86 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 Felipe) is explained once on the San Felipe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.