Tucaní weather in December

In December, Tucaní sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 531 mm of rain across 30.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tucaní's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tucaní's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 531 mm; 30.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:27 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical December day in Tucaní reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	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)	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 low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Tucaní weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 18°	394	30.4	11.5	3.6
Feb	23° / 18°	434	27.7	11.7	3.6
Mar	23° / 19°	555	30.9	11.9	3.5
Apr	24° / 19°	553	30	12.2	3.4
May	24° / 19°	468	31	12.4	3.4
Jun	24° / 19°	475	30	12.5	3.4
Jul	23° / 19°	505	31	12.5	3.4
Aug	24° / 19°	371	31	12.3	3.5
Sep	24° / 19°	302	29.9	12.1	3.5
Oct	24° / 19°	391	31	11.8	3.5
Nov	23° / 19°	546	29.9	11.6	3.5
Dec	23° / 18°	531	30.8	11.5	3.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	24
Cloudier (%)	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	80	79	78	78	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tucaní gets around 531 mm of rain over 30.8 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 99% and peaks near 100% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	98
31	98

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% 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
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Humid (%)	61	63	64	64	65	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	72	71	72	73	73	74	76	77	77	78	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	82
Muggy (%)	39	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	15

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	61	39
2	0	63	37
3	0	64	36
4	0	64	36
5	0	65	35
6	0	66	34
7	0	67	33
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	69	31
11	0	70	30
12	0	70	30
13	0	71	29
14	0	72	28
15	1	71	28
16	1	72	27
17	1	73	26
18	1	73	26
19	1	74	25
20	1	76	23
21	1	77	22
22	2	77	21
23	2	78	20
24	2	79	19
25	2	80	18
26	2	81	17
27	2	81	17
28	3	81	16
29	3	81	16
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

Wind in December

Winds average 4 km/h in December.

Across December, 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.

	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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of December to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:03 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:19	5:50
2	11.5	6:20	5:51
3	11.5	6:20	5:51
4	11.5	6:21	5:51
5	11.5	6:21	5:51
6	11.5	6:22	5:52
7	11.5	6:22	5:52
8	11.5	6:23	5:52
9	11.5	6:23	5:53
10	11.5	6:24	5:53
11	11.5	6:24	5:54
12	11.5	6:25	5:54
13	11.5	6:25	5:54
14	11.5	6:26	5:55
15	11.5	6:26	5:55
16	11.5	6:27	5:56
17	11.5	6:27	5:56
18	11.5	6:28	5:57
19	11.5	6:28	5:57
20	11.5	6:29	5:57
21	11.5	6:29	5:58
22	11.5	6:30	5:58
23	11.5	6:30	5:59
24	11.5	6:31	5:59
25	11.5	6:31	6:00
26	11.5	6:32	6:00
27	11.5	6:32	6:01
28	11.5	6:32	6:01
29	11.5	6:33	6:02
30	11.5	6:33	6:02
31	11.5	6:34	6:03

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.16 kWh/m² in August across the year — December's 4.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Tucaní?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tucaní.

What to pack for Tucaní in December

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

In December, Tucaní sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Tucaní in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tucaní peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Tucaní in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Tucaní is worst in March — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 15 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)	18	25	30	27	23	21	20	18	17	15	15	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tucaní?

Tucaní sits at 9.0°N, 71.3°W, 169 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Nueva Bolivia, 27 km away.

Topography around Tucaní

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tucaní has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,669 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,842 m.

The land around Tucaní is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), grassland (36%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

368 m

trees 67%

16 km

2,669 m

trees 60%

80 km

4,842 m

trees 38%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← November Tucaní year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Nueva Bolivia 27 km · Caja Seca 30 km · La Azulita 34 km · Pueblo Nuevo El Chivo 37 km · Tabay 43 km · Merida 45 km · Ejido 47 km · Lagunillas 53 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 Tucaní (8.97°, -71.2728°, elevation 169 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	23	18
2	23	18
3	23	18
4	23	18
5	23	18
6	23	18
7	23	18
8	23	18
9	23	18
10	23	18
11	23	18
12	23	18
13	23	18
14	23	18
15	23	18
16	23	18
17	23	18
18	23	18
19	23	18
20	23	18
21	23	18
22	23	18
23	23	18
24	23	18
25	23	18
26	23	18
27	23	18
28	23	18
29	23	18
30	23	18
31	23	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	98
31	98

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	61	39
2	0	63	37
3	0	64	36
4	0	64	36
5	0	65	35
6	0	66	34
7	0	67	33
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	69	31
11	0	70	30
12	0	70	30
13	0	71	29
14	0	72	28
15	1	71	28
16	1	72	27
17	1	73	26
18	1	73	26
19	1	74	25
20	1	76	23
21	1	77	22
22	2	77	21
23	2	78	20
24	2	79	19
25	2	80	18
26	2	81	17
27	2	81	17
28	3	81	16
29	3	81	16
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	98
31	98

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	61	39
2	0	63	37
3	0	64	36
4	0	64	36
5	0	65	35
6	0	66	34
7	0	67	33
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	69	31
11	0	70	30
12	0	70	30
13	0	71	29
14	0	72	28
15	1	71	28
16	1	72	27
17	1	73	26
18	1	73	26
19	1	74	25
20	1	76	23
21	1	77	22
22	2	77	21
23	2	78	20
24	2	79	19
25	2	80	18
26	2	81	17
27	2	81	17
28	3	81	16
29	3	81	16
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	99
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	98
31	98

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	61	39
2	0	63	37
3	0	64	36
4	0	64	36
5	0	65	35
6	0	66	34
7	0	67	33
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	69	31
11	0	70	30
12	0	70	30
13	0	71	29
14	0	72	28
15	1	71	28
16	1	72	27
17	1	73	26
18	1	73	26
19	1	74	25
20	1	76	23
21	1	77	22
22	2	77	21
23	2	78	20
24	2	79	19
25	2	80	18
26	2	81	17
27	2	81	17
28	3	81	16
29	3	81	16
30	3	81	16
31	3	82	15