Climate averages 1991–2020
Upata weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Upata: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th 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 Ciudad Guayana (45 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Upata, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Upata ranks joint 30th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 44th of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Upata is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 103 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
Upata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 23 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 103 | 15.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 140 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 162 | 24.6 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 94 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 14.5 | 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
- Ciudad Guayana in AugustVenezuela · 45 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Tucupita in AugustVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in AugustVenezuela · 126 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 221 mm rain
- Maturín in AugustVenezuela · 210 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 121 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in AugustVenezuela · 216 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 133 mm rain
- El Tigre in AugustVenezuela · 225 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Anaco in AugustVenezuela · 275 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Carúpano in AugustVenezuela · 309 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 64 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 Upata) is explained once on the Upata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.