Climate averages 1991–2020
Valle de La Pascua weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Valle de La Pascua: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Zaraza (76 km away). In December its highs average 32.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Valle de La Pascua, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Valle de La Pascua ranks 8th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Valle de La Pascua is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 5.0 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
Valle de La Pascua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 61 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 147 | 16.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 191 | 21.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 194 | 25.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 195 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 140 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 115 | 19.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 66 | 12.4 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 31.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 18 | 4.2 | 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
- Zaraza in DecemberVenezuela · 76 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in DecemberVenezuela · 131 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in DecemberVenezuela · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Cúa in DecemberVenezuela · 142 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Guatire in DecemberVenezuela · 152 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Guarenas in DecemberVenezuela · 155 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Calabozo in DecemberVenezuela · 159 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Petare in DecemberVenezuela · 165 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 89 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 Valle de La Pascua) is explained once on the Valle de La Pascua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.