Yaritagua weather in August

In August, Yaritagua sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 138 mm of rain across 28.1 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Yaritagua's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yaritagua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
4th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
28.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:01 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
79%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Yaritagua is city capital of Municipality Peña, Yaracuy State, Venezuela.

Density
222/km²
people per km²
Founded
1590

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Yaritagua reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312821

How August really feels in Yaritagua

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Yaritagua 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
Jan30° / 20°112.711.55.6
Feb32° / 20°102.511.74.9
Mar32° / 21°255.111.94.3
Apr31° / 22°7814.112.23.7
May29° / 22°13023.312.53.5
Jun28° / 21°14826.412.63.6
Jul28° / 21°16028.312.53.6
Aug28° / 21°13828.112.33.6
Sep29° / 21°10625.712.13.4
Oct29° / 21°11323.911.83.5
Nov30° / 21°9620.311.53.8
Dec30° / 21°379.411.45.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21783
31783
41783
51783
61882
71882
81882
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yaritagua gets around 138 mm of rain over 28.1 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 91% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
194
293
393
493
593
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793
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1791
1891
1990
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2788
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3088
3188

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14159
24060
34060
43961
53961
63862
73862
83763
93763
103664
113565
123565
133466
143367
153268
163268
173169
183169
193070
203070
213070
222971
232971
242971
252971
262971
272971
282971
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302971
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

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
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87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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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 5:59 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:596:26
212.45:596:26
312.45:596:25
412.46:006:25
512.46:006:25
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712.46:006:24
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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 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.0Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Yaritagua

In seasonPeak

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

Yaritagua's rainy season runs April–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 Yaritagua?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yaritagua.

What to pack for Yaritagua in August

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

In August, Yaritagua sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yaritagua in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yaritagua peaks around March 20 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 20UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Yaritagua 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 Yaritagua is worst in March — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2233 µg/m³Dec 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yaritagua?

Yaritagua sits at 10.1°N, 69.1°W, 381 m above sea level, in Venezuela. The nearest listed city is Sabana de Parra, 11 km away.

Topography around Yaritagua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaritagua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 391 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,071 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,218 m.

The land around Yaritagua is covered by grassland (40%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
215 m
16 km
1,071 m
80 km
2,218 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Sabana de Parra 11 km · Los Rastrojos 14 km · Urachiche 15 km · Cabudare 16 km · Duaca 23 km · Barquisimeto 26 km · Chivacoa 27 km · Guama 39 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 Yaritagua (10.0808°, -69.1242°, elevation 381 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).