Acarigua weather in August

In August, Acarigua sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 142 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Acarigua's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Acarigua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
142 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:01 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
76%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Acarigua is city in Venezuela.

Density
1,076/km²
people per km²
Founded
1620

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Acarigua reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Acarigua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 23 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
23
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Acarigua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°102.411.54.7
Feb33° / 22°92.111.74.1
Mar34° / 23°335.311.93.4
Apr32° / 23°12115.512.23.1
May30° / 23°19724.712.43.1
Jun29° / 22°22826.412.53.2
Jul29° / 21°19026.412.53.4
Aug29° / 21°1422612.33.4
Sep30° / 22°1152312.13.4
Oct30° / 22°10721.611.83.4
Nov31° / 22°7816.611.63.7
Dec31° / 22°317.511.54.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52278
62278
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92476
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112476
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Acarigua gets around 142 mm of rain over 26 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
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486
586
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786
886
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1086
1186
1286
1386
1486
1586
1686
1786
1885
1985
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2184
2284
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2482
2582
2681
2781
2880
2979
3079
3178

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
6793
7793
8793
9793
10694
11694
12694
13694
14595
15595
16595
17595
18496
19496
20496
21496
22496
23496
24397
25397
26397
27397
28397
29397
30397
31397

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:006:26
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512.46:016:24
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Acarigua

In seasonPeak

In August, Acarigua sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Acarigua's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Acarigua?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Acarigua.

What to pack for Acarigua in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Acarigua sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Acarigua in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Acarigua peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Acarigua in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Acarigua is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2233 µg/m³Dec 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Acarigua?

Acarigua sits at 9.6°N, 69.2°W, 189 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Araure, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Acarigua

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Acarigua.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Acarigua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 185 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,278 m.

The land around Acarigua is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) within 3 km, grassland (46%), cropland (26%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
512 m
80 km
2,278 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Araure 6.0 km · Píritu 20 km · Villa Bruzual 26 km · San Rafael de Onoto 28 km · Ospino 40 km · Los Rastrojos 53 km · Cabudare 53 km · Sanare 55 km

Venezuela travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2011
GDP per capita
$3,495
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
12.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
39
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 520
Religion
Roman Catholic 48%Protestant 32%none 14%believer 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Acarigua (9.5545°, -69.1956°, elevation 189 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).