Guanare weather in August

In August, Guanare sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 240 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 6% 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 Guanare's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guanare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
240 mm
26.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:04 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
79%
6th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Guanare is city in Venezuela.

Density
5,614/km²
people per km²
Founded
1591

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 Guanare 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 28°C and 33°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 Guanare

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.

Guanare weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°122.511.53.7
Feb35° / 24°132.911.73.0
Mar35° / 25°405.611.92.7
Apr33° / 25°13715.412.22.7
May32° / 24°23923.912.42.7
Jun30° / 23°27825.712.52.8
Jul30° / 23°25826.212.52.9
Aug31° / 23°24026.812.32.7
Sep32° / 23°1872512.12.6
Oct32° / 23°14621.611.82.8
Nov32° / 23°8616.511.63.1
Dec33° / 23°387.611.53.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Guanare gets around 240 mm of rain over 26.8 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 87% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3084
3184

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13970
23970
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Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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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 6:03 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:036:27
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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 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.23 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Guanare

In seasonPeak

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

Guanare'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 Guanare?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guanare.

What to pack for Guanare in August

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

In August, Guanare sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guanare 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 Guanare peaks around March 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 14UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Guanare 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 Guanare is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1938 µg/m³Dec 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar40Poor
Apr32Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Guanare?

Guanare sits at 9.0°N, 69.7°W, 152 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Boconoito, 35 km away.

Topography around Guanare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guanare has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 164 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,497 m.

The land around Guanare is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
290 m
80 km
3,497 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Boconoito 35 km · Sabaneta 39 km · Ospino 42 km · Barrancas 51 km · Boconó 62 km · Obispos 63 km · Píritu 68 km · Guanarito 69 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 Guanare (9.0393°, -69.7336°, elevation 152 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).