Climate averages 1991–2020
Socopó weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Socopó: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mérida, Venezuela (54 km away). In August its highs average 24.5°C, 3.6°C cooler than Socopó, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Socopó ranks joint 46th of 65 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Socopó is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 145 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
Socopó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 151 | 15.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 195 | 18.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 239 | 21.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 271 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 239 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 86 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mérida, Venezuela in AugustVenezuela · 54 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in AugustVenezuela · 58 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Arauca in AugustColombia · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 293 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in AugustVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 335 mm rain
- Guanare in AugustVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 240 mm rain
- Táriba in AugustVenezuela · 161 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 39 mm rain
- San Timoteo in AugustVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Rubio in AugustVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 39 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 Socopó) is explained once on the Socopó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.