Barquisimeto weather in August

In August, Barquisimeto sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 44 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Barquisimeto's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barquisimeto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 44 mm; 17.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:01 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Barquisimeto is Venezuelan city.

Density: 450/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1552

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Barquisimeto reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

How August really feels in Barquisimeto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Barquisimeto weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	7	1.8	11.5	5.8
Feb	31° / 20°	7	2.1	11.7	5.2
Mar	32° / 21°	25	4.4	11.9	4.6
Apr	30° / 21°	52	11.6	12.2	4.2
May	29° / 21°	66	16.6	12.5	4.3
Jun	28° / 21°	60	18.7	12.6	4.6
Jul	28° / 20°	54	18.5	12.5	4.9
Aug	28° / 20°	44	17.7	12.3	4.6
Sep	29° / 21°	41	15.2	12.1	4.4
Oct	30° / 21°	55	15.8	11.8	4.3
Nov	30° / 21°	43	12.1	11.5	4.6
Dec	30° / 20°	16	4.5	11.4	5.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Cloudier (%)	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	74	74	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Barquisimeto gets around 44 mm of rain over 17.7 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 57% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	57
18	57
19	56
20	56
21	55
22	54
23	54
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	50

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83
Oppressive (%)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
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26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 6:27 PM to 6:14 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:00	6:27
2	12.4	6:00	6:27
3	12.4	6:00	6:26
4	12.4	6:00	6:26
5	12.4	6:01	6:26
6	12.4	6:01	6:25
7	12.4	6:01	6:25
8	12.4	6:01	6:25
9	12.4	6:01	6:24
10	12.4	6:01	6:24
11	12.4	6:01	6:24
12	12.4	6:01	6:23
13	12.4	6:01	6:23
14	12.4	6:01	6:22
15	12.3	6:01	6:22
16	12.3	6:01	6:22
17	12.3	6:02	6:21
18	12.3	6:02	6:21
19	12.3	6:02	6:20
20	12.3	6:02	6:20
21	12.3	6:02	6:19
22	12.3	6:02	6:19
23	12.3	6:02	6:18
24	12.3	6:02	6:18
25	12.3	6:02	6:17
26	12.2	6:02	6:16
27	12.2	6:02	6:16
28	12.2	6:01	6:15
29	12.2	6:01	6:15
30	12.2	6:01	6:14
31	12.2	6:01	6:14

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
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20	5.4	Bright
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22	5.4	Bright
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24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Barquisimeto?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Barquisimeto for sightseeing.

What to pack for Barquisimeto in August

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

In August, Barquisimeto sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barquisimeto in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barquisimeto peaks around March 20 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Barquisimeto 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 Barquisimeto 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	20	33	31	30	30	25	22	21	21	18	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Barquisimeto?

Barquisimeto sits at 10.1°N, 69.4°W, 606 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Cabudare, 11 km away.

Topography around Barquisimeto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barquisimeto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 594 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,174 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,454 m.

The land around Barquisimeto is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

artificial surfaces 80%

16 km

1,174 m

shrubs 31%

80 km

2,454 m

trees 51%

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← July Barquisimeto year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Cabudare 11 km · Los Rastrojos 13 km · Yaritagua 26 km · Duaca 33 km · Quíbor 33 km · Sabana de Parra 36 km · Urachiche 40 km · Sanare 47 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

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 Barquisimeto (10.0647°, -69.357°, elevation 606 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	57
18	57
19	56
20	56
21	55
22	54
23	54
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	57
18	57
19	56
20	56
21	55
22	54
23	54
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	60
10	60
11	59
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	57
18	57
19	56
20	56
21	55
22	54
23	54
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	51
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17