Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaraza weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zaraza: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valle de La Pascua (76 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Zaraza, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 65 cities listed in Venezuela, Zaraza ranks 14th of 65 for the warmest August highs and 53rd of 65 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 65 cities is 29.4°C; Zaraza is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 139 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
Zaraza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 34.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 53 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 134 | 15.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 164 | 20.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 187 | 24.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 193 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 139 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 118 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 76 | 14.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 28 | 6.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Valle de La Pascua in AugustVenezuela · 76 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Anaco in AugustVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 124 mm rain
- El Tigre in AugustVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 133 mm rain
- San José de Guanipa in AugustVenezuela · 137 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Cumaná in AugustVenezuela · 176 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Santa Teresa del Tuy in AugustVenezuela · 177 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Ocumare del Tuy in AugustVenezuela · 180 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 274 mm rain
- Guatire in AugustVenezuela · 183 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 148 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 Zaraza) is explained once on the Zaraza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.