Tucupido weather in August

In August, Tucupido sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 189 mm of rain across 25.6 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 Tucupido's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tucupido's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
189 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:48 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

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 Tucupido reaches about 32°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 34°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 Tucupido

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.

Tucupido 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
Jan34° / 23°61.511.53.5
Feb35° / 23°31.111.73.0
Mar36° / 24°11211.92.5
Apr36° / 25°557.612.22.1
May34° / 25°14216.112.42.3
Jun32° / 24°18221.412.52.7
Jul32° / 23°19125.312.52.7
Aug32° / 23°18925.612.32.6
Sep32° / 24°13422.112.12.7
Oct33° / 24°11018.411.82.9
Nov33° / 24°6813.511.63.1
Dec34° / 24°21511.53.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
22971
32971
42872
52872
62872
72971
82971
92971
102971
112971
123070
133070
143070
153070
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213466
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303862
313961

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tucupido gets around 189 mm of rain over 25.6 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 83% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
188
288
388
487
587
687
787
886
986
1085
1185
1285
1385
1484
1584
1684
1784
1883
1983
2082
2182
2281
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2480
2579
2679
2778
2878
2977
3077
3176

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18614
28614
38515
48515
58416
68416
78317
88317
98218
108218
118119
128020
138020
147921
157921
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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166calm
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216calm
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296calm
306calm
316calm

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 5:47 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:476:11
212.45:476:11
312.45:476:11
412.45:476:11
512.45:476:10
612.45:476:10
712.45:476:10
812.45:486:09
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1012.45:486:09
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tucupido

In seasonPeak

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

Tucupido's monsoon runs May–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 Tucupido?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tucupido.

What to pack for Tucupido in August

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

In August, Tucupido sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tucupido 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 Tucupido peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Tucupido 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 Tucupido is worst in April — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1127 µg/m³Jan 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tucupido?

Tucupido sits at 9.3°N, 65.8°W, 134 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Valle de La Pascua, 27 km away.

Altagracia de OritucoClarinesAragua de BarcelonaSan José de BarloventoRío Chico

Topography around Tucupido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tucupido has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,050 m.

The land around Tucupido is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
1,050 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Valle de La Pascua 27 km · Zaraza 50 km · Chaguaramas 53 km · Altagracia de Orituco 93 km · Clarines 100 km · Aragua de Barcelona 105 km · San José de Barlovento 117 km · Río Chico 118 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 Tucupido (9.273°, -65.7715°, elevation 134 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).