Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaritagua weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Yaritagua: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (14 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Yaritagua, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Yaritagua ranks joint 48th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 32nd of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Yaritagua is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 106 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
Yaritagua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 10 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 78 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 130 | 23.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 148 | 26.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 160 | 28.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 28.1 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 106 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 113 | 23.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 96 | 20.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 37 | 9.4 | 11.512 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
- Los Rastrojos in AugustVenezuela · 14 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Cabudare in AugustVenezuela · 16 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in AugustVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Chivacoa in AugustVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 mm rain
- San Felipe in AugustVenezuela · 51 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Acarigua in AugustVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 142 mm rain
- San Carlos in AugustVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in AugustVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 53 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 Yaritagua) is explained once on the Yaritagua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.