Climate averages 1991–2020
San Fernando de Apure weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in San Fernando de Apure: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biruaca (7 km away). In December its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as San Fernando de Apure, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, San Fernando de Apure ranks joint 2nd of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; San Fernando de Apure is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 7.9 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 Fernando de Apure climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 7.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 121 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 243 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 279 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 270 | 27.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 239 | 26.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 182 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 148 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 84 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 32.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 22 | 4.7 | 11.712 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
- Biruaca in DecemberVenezuela · 7 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Calabozo in DecemberVenezuela · 115 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Valle de La Pascua in DecemberVenezuela · 218 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 18 mm rain
- San Juan de los Morros in DecemberVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 30 mm rain
- San Carlos in DecemberVenezuela · 232 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Villa de Cura in DecemberVenezuela · 239 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Tinaquillo in DecemberVenezuela · 243 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Güigüe in DecemberVenezuela · 246 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 40 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 Fernando de Apure) is explained once on the San Fernando de Apure year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.