Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaritagua weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th 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 Yaritagua: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Rastrojos (14 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Yaritagua, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Yaritagua ranks 35th of 65 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 65 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 65 cities is 29.1°C; Yaritagua is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Los Rastrojos in DecemberVenezuela · 14 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Cabudare in DecemberVenezuela · 16 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Barquisimeto in DecemberVenezuela · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Chivacoa in DecemberVenezuela · 27 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 61 mm rain
- San Felipe in DecemberVenezuela · 51 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Acarigua in DecemberVenezuela · 59 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 31 mm rain
- San Carlos in DecemberVenezuela · 75 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 mm rain
- El Tocuyo in DecemberVenezuela · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 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.