Climate averages 1991–2020
Socopó weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Socopó: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mérida, Venezuela (54 km away). In December its highs average 23.3°C, 5.6°C cooler than Socopó, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Socopó ranks joint 37th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Socopó is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 11 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Mérida, Venezuela in DecemberVenezuela · 54 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in DecemberVenezuela · 58 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Arauca in DecemberColombia · 128 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 51 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in DecemberVenezuela · 149 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Guanare in DecemberVenezuela · 150 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Táriba in DecemberVenezuela · 161 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 59 mm rain
- San Timoteo in DecemberVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Rubio in DecemberVenezuela · 179 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 59 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.