Ciudad Bolívar weather in August

In August, Ciudad Bolívar sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 221 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 16% 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 Ciudad Bolívar's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Bolívar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
221 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:40 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
67%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Ciudad Bolívar is city in Bolívar, Venezuela.

Density
1,035/km²
people per km²
Founded
1764

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ciudad Bolívar 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 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Ciudad Bolívar

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.

Ciudad Bolívar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°133.111.64.3
Feb33° / 23°101.811.73.8
Mar35° / 24°122.311.93.1
Apr35° / 25°50612.22.6
May34° / 25°13915.312.42.7
Jun32° / 24°20123.212.52.8
Jul31° / 23°23325.912.42.9
Aug31° / 23°22124.912.32.8
Sep32° / 24°13818.8123.1
Oct33° / 24°10415.811.83.1
Nov33° / 24°7413.911.63.3
Dec32° / 23°378.311.54.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
83070
93169
103268
113268
123268
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ciudad Bolívar gets around 221 mm of rain over 24.9 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 81% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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3170

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108713
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608416
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:39 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:396:01
212.45:406:01
312.35:406:01
412.35:406:00
512.35:406:00
612.35:406:00
712.35:405:59
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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 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ciudad Bolívar

In seasonPeak

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

Ciudad Bolívar's monsoon runs May–September, 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 Ciudad Bolívar?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ciudad Bolívar.

What to pack for Ciudad Bolívar in August

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

In August, Ciudad Bolívar sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ciudad Bolívar 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 Ciudad Bolívar peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 14Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Ciudad Bolívar 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 Ciudad Bolívar is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1626 µg/m³Nov 2012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Bolívar?

Ciudad Bolívar sits at 8.1°N, 63.5°W, 73 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Soledad, 5.0 km away.

Ciudad GuayanaSan José de GuanipaEl TigreUpataTembladorLa Paragua

Topography around Ciudad Bolívar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Bolívar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m.

The land around Ciudad Bolívar is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
768 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Soledad 5.0 km · Ciudad Piar 79 km · Ciudad Guayana 103 km · San José de Guanipa 109 km · El Tigre 115 km · Upata 126 km · Temblador 139 km · La Paragua 145 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 Ciudad Bolívar (8.1237°, -63.5469°, elevation 73 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).