Punta de Mata weather in August

In August, Punta de Mata sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 110 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Punta de Mata's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta de Mata's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
110 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:39 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Punta de Mata is city in Monagas, Venezuela.

Density
642/km²
people per km²

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Punta de Mata reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Punta de Mata

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.

Punta de Mata weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°237.511.54.9
Feb31° / 22°176.411.74.6
Mar32° / 23°196.111.94.0
Apr33° / 23°328.112.23.4
May33° / 24°7515.512.43.1
Jun31° / 23°11724.312.62.9
Jul31° / 23°11324.712.53.0
Aug32° / 23°11023.212.32.9
Sep33° / 23°881912.12.9
Oct33° / 23°6616.811.83.0
Nov32° / 23°6616.711.63.4
Dec31° / 23°4412.811.44.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73961
83961
94159
104159
114159
124159
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Punta de Mata gets around 110 mm of rain over 23.2 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 75% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
179
278
378
478
578
677
777
877
977
1077
1177
1277
1377
1477
1576
1676
1776
1876
1976
2075
2175
2274
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2473
2572
2672
2771
2870
2969
3069
3168

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10982
20982
30982
40982
50982
60982
70982
80982
90991
100991
110991
120991
130982
140982
150982
160982
170982
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190982
200982
210982
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231972
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261972
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281972
292962
302962
312962

Wind in August

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

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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317calm

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 5:38 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:386:03
212.45:386:03
312.45:386:03
412.45:386:03
512.45:386:02
612.45:386:02
712.45:386:02
812.45:386:01
912.45:386:01
1012.45:396:01
1112.45:396:00
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1312.35:395:59
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Punta de Mata

In seasonPeak

In August, Punta de Mata sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Punta de Mata's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Punta de Mata?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Punta de Mata.

What to pack for Punta de Mata in August

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

In August, Punta de Mata sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Punta de Mata in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Punta de Mata peaks around March 19 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 19UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Punta de Mata 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 Punta de Mata is worst in June — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateJun 1735 µg/m³Jan 1322 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun35Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Punta de Mata?

Punta de Mata sits at 9.7°N, 63.6°W, 246 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Caicara, 14 km away.

CariacoCantauraCasanayAnaco

Topography around Punta de Mata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta de Mata has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,568 m.

The land around Punta de Mata is covered by grassland (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
232 m
80 km
2,568 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Caicara 14 km · Maturín 47 km · Cumanacoa 71 km · Caripito 73 km · Cariaco 90 km · Cantaura 93 km · Casanay 93 km · Anaco 98 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 Punta de Mata (9.6913°, -63.6092°, elevation 246 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).