Climate averages 1991–2020
Tucupita weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tucupita: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Guayana (102 km away). In December its highs average 29.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tucupita, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Tucupita ranks joint 40th of 65 for the warmest December highs and 60th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Tucupita is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 64 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
Tucupita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 64 | 16.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 39 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 32 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 42 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 96 | 16.5 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 158 | 24.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 157 | 27.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 19.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 96 | 20.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 129 | 23.0 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 108 | 22.1 | 11.612 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
- Ciudad Guayana in DecemberVenezuela · 102 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Upata in DecemberVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Maturín in DecemberVenezuela · 145 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Port of Spain in DecemberTrinidad and Tobago · 188 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in DecemberVenezuela · 195 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Carúpano in DecemberVenezuela · 222 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 76 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in DecemberVenezuela · 233 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Tigre in DecemberVenezuela · 242 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 26 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 Tucupita) is explained once on the Tucupita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.