Anaco weather in August

In August, Anaco sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 124 mm of rain across 20.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Anaco's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
124 mm
20.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:43 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
68%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Anaco is city in the Venezuelan Anzoátegui State, the shire town of the Anaco Municipality.

Founded
1944

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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Anaco reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Anaco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
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.

Anaco weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°72.211.53.6
Feb35° / 23°41.111.73.3
Mar35° / 23°162.211.92.7
Apr36° / 24°304.712.22.3
May35° / 24°7110.812.42.5
Jun33° / 24°8315.212.52.9
Jul33° / 24°9818.112.52.9
Aug33° / 24°12420.112.32.7
Sep34° / 24°10317.212.12.6
Oct34° / 24°791511.82.5
Nov34° / 24°6813.211.62.8
Dec34° / 23°235.911.53.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
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43268
53268
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Anaco gets around 124 mm of rain over 20.1 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 66% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
167
268
368
468
568
668
768
868
968
1068
1168
1269
1369
1469
1569
1669
1769
1868
1968
2067
2166
2265
2364
2463
2562
2661
2760
2860
2959
3058
3158

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112871
212871
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512871
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812871
912871
1013861
1113861
1213861
1312871
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3017812
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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68calm
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118calm
128calm
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318calm

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 5:41 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:416:06
212.45:426:06
312.45:426:06
412.45:426:06
512.45:426:05
612.45:426:05
712.45:426:05
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Anaco

In seasonPeak

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

Anaco's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Anaco?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anaco.

What to pack for Anaco in August

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

In August, Anaco sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Anaco 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 Anaco peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Anaco 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 Anaco is worst in September — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1347 µg/m³Jan 1721 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr35Poor
May38Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Anaco?

Anaco sits at 9.4°N, 64.5°W, 225 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Cantaura, 18 km away.

LecheríasPuerto La Cruz

Topography around Anaco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anaco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,403 m.

The land around Anaco is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
153 m
80 km
2,403 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Cantaura 18 km · Aragua de Barcelona 40 km · El Tigre 64 km · San José de Guanipa 69 km · Pariaguán 71 km · Barcelona 83 km · Lecherías 88 km · Puerto La Cruz 89 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 Anaco (9.4296°, -64.4643°, elevation 225 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).