Chaguaramas weather in August

In August, Chaguaramas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 195 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Chaguaramas's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chaguaramas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 195 mm; 26.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:50 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Chaguaramas is city in Guárico, Venezuela.

Founded: 1728

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Chaguaramas reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

How August really feels in Chaguaramas

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Chaguaramas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 23°	4	1	11.5	3.6
Feb	35° / 23°	3	0.9	11.7	3.1
Mar	36° / 24°	15	2.2	11.9	2.6
Apr	35° / 25°	71	8.5	12.2	2.3
May	34° / 24°	159	17.4	12.4	2.5
Jun	32° / 23°	197	22.1	12.5	2.7
Jul	31° / 23°	198	25	12.5	2.8
Aug	31° / 23°	195	26.3	12.3	2.7
Sep	32° / 23°	143	22.9	12.1	2.7
Oct	33° / 24°	118	19.2	11.8	2.9
Nov	33° / 24°	69	12.8	11.6	3.2
Dec	34° / 23°	18	3.9	11.5	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	66	66	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chaguaramas gets around 195 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 88% 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 (%)	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	84
23	83
24	83
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

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 89% 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
Oppressive (%)	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Miserable (%)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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31	6	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 5:49 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:01 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	12.3	12.3	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	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:49	6:13
2	12.4	5:49	6:13
3	12.4	5:49	6:13
4	12.4	5:49	6:13
5	12.4	5:49	6:12
6	12.4	5:49	6:12
7	12.4	5:49	6:12
8	12.4	5:49	6:11
9	12.4	5:49	6:11
10	12.4	5:50	6:11
11	12.3	5:50	6:10
12	12.3	5:50	6:10
13	12.3	5:50	6:10
14	12.3	5:50	6:09
15	12.3	5:50	6:09
16	12.3	5:50	6:08
17	12.3	5:50	6:08
18	12.3	5:50	6:08
19	12.3	5:50	6:07
20	12.3	5:50	6:07
21	12.3	5:50	6:06
22	12.3	5:50	6:06
23	12.3	5:50	6:05
24	12.2	5:50	6:05
25	12.2	5:50	6:04
26	12.2	5:50	6:04
27	12.2	5:50	6:03
28	12.2	5:50	6:02
29	12.2	5:50	6:02
30	12.2	5:49	6:01
31	12.2	5:49	6:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.23 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
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20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Chaguaramas

In seasonPeak

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

Chaguaramas's monsoon runs May–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 Chaguaramas?

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

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chaguaramas.

What to pack for Chaguaramas in August

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

In August, Chaguaramas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chaguaramas 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 Chaguaramas peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (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)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Chaguaramas 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 Chaguaramas is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 10 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)	10	13	19	27	26	27	23	18	15	16	13	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Chaguaramas?

Chaguaramas sits at 9.3°N, 66.3°W, 184 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Valle de La Pascua, 30 km away.

Topography around Chaguaramas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chaguaramas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,455 m.

The land around Chaguaramas is covered by grassland (46%), trees (25%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, grassland (47%), trees (25%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

77 m

grassland 46%

16 km

125 m

grassland 47%

80 km

1,455 m

grassland 45%

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

August weather nearby: Valle de La Pascua 30 km · Tucupido 53 km · Altagracia de Orituco 60 km · El Sombrero 89 km · Zaraza 102 km · Ocumare del Tuy 104 km · Caucagua 106 km · Lander 106 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 Chaguaramas (9.3375°, -66.2528°, elevation 184 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	84
23	83
24	83
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	84
23	83
24	83
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	32	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	84
23	83
24	83
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	81
30	81
31	81

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14