Nirgua weather in August

In August, Nirgua sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 95 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nirgua's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nirgua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 21.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:58 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Nirgua is city in Nirgua Municipality, Yaracuy State, Venezuela.

Founded: 1625

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nirgua reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Nirgua

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.

Nirgua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	57	14.6	11.5	5.7
Feb	28° / 19°	54	12.7	11.7	5.5
Mar	29° / 20°	99	14.7	11.9	4.8
Apr	29° / 21°	176	21.1	12.2	3.8
May	29° / 21°	171	23	12.5	3.5
Jun	29° / 21°	134	23.3	12.6	3.6
Jul	29° / 21°	137	24.5	12.5	3.7
Aug	29° / 21°	95	21.6	12.3	3.8
Sep	30° / 21°	94	20.6	12.1	3.5
Oct	30° / 21°	126	22.6	11.8	3.5
Nov	29° / 20°	138	22.6	11.5	3.8
Dec	28° / 20°	85	18.3	11.4	5.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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 (%)	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26
Cloudier (%)	77	77	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nirgua gets around 95 mm of rain over 21.6 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 70% and peaks near 74% 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 (%)	73	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	68
23	67
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	64
29	63
30	63
31	63

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 (%)	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88
Oppressive (%)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12

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

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

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 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:10 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)	12.5	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	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:57	6:24
2	12.4	5:57	6:24
3	12.4	5:57	6:23
4	12.4	5:57	6:23
5	12.4	5:57	6:23
6	12.4	5:57	6:22
7	12.4	5:58	6:22
8	12.4	5:58	6:22
9	12.4	5:58	6:21
10	12.4	5:58	6:21
11	12.4	5:58	6:21
12	12.4	5:58	6:20
13	12.4	5:58	6:20
14	12.4	5:58	6:19
15	12.3	5:58	6:19
16	12.3	5:58	6:18
17	12.3	5:58	6:18
18	12.3	5:58	6:18
19	12.3	5:58	6:17
20	12.3	5:58	6:17
21	12.3	5:58	6:16
22	12.3	5:58	6:16
23	12.3	5:58	6:15
24	12.3	5:58	6:14
25	12.3	5:58	6:14
26	12.3	5:58	6:13
27	12.2	5:58	6:13
28	12.2	5:58	6:12
29	12.2	5:58	6:12
30	12.2	5:58	6:11
31	12.2	5:58	6:10

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.1 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)	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	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
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
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17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nirgua?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nirgua.

What to pack for Nirgua in August

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

In August, Nirgua sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nirgua 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 Nirgua peaks around February 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	9	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	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Nirgua 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 Nirgua is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 13 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)	13	17	25	27	32	33	27	24	22	21	17	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nirgua?

Nirgua sits at 10.2°N, 68.6°W, 800 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Miranda, 19 km away.

Topography around Nirgua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nirgua has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m around an average of 833 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,212 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,966 m.

The land around Nirgua is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

340 m

trees 47%

16 km

1,212 m

trees 74%

80 km

1,966 m

trees 63%

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

August weather nearby: Miranda 19 km · Boraure 25 km · Montalbán 27 km · San Felipe 29 km · Cocorote 30 km · Guama 31 km · Bejuma 34 km · Chivacoa 36 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 Nirgua (10.1504°, -68.5648°, elevation 800 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	68
23	67
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	64
29	63
30	63
31	63

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	68
23	67
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	64
29	63
30	63
31	63

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	74
15	73
16	73
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	70
21	69
22	68
23	67
24	66
25	65
26	65
27	64
28	64
29	63
30	63
31	63

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