Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Teresa del Tuy weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Santa Teresa del Tuy: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry 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 Ocumare del Tuy (18 km away). In December its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Santa Teresa del Tuy, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Santa Teresa del Tuy ranks joint 26th 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; Santa Teresa del Tuy is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 13 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
Santa Teresa del Tuy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 13 | 4.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 97 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 104 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 96 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 98 | 23.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 75 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 70 | 16.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 57 | 14.1 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 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
- Ocumare del Tuy in DecemberVenezuela · 18 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Cúa in DecemberVenezuela · 25 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Guarenas in DecemberVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Guatire in DecemberVenezuela · 30 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Petare in DecemberVenezuela · 31 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Baruta in DecemberVenezuela · 32 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Caracas in DecemberVenezuela · 37 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Los Teques in DecemberVenezuela · 43 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 29 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 Santa Teresa del Tuy) is explained once on the Santa Teresa del Tuy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.