Puerto La Cruz Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Puerto La Cruz, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on December 1 to 31°C on December 31, and lows from 22°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Record high
Record low

December at a glance

Average high: 31°C
Average low: 21°C
Precipitation: 59 mm
Record high: 38°CDec 5, 1985
Record low: 12°CDec 25, 2000
Daylight: 11 h 35 min to 11 h 33 min
Cloud cover: 49%
Humidity: 74%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 13.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Record high	Record low	Chance wet
Dec 1	31°C	22°C	34°C 1990	20°C 1975	51%
Dec 2	31°C	21°C	34°C 1983	20°C 1978	50%
Dec 3	31°C	21°C	33°C 1989	21°C 1988	49%
Dec 4	31°C	21°C	34°C 2001	20°C 1991	49%
Dec 5	31°C	21°C	38°C 1985	19°C 1988	48%
Dec 6	31°C	21°C	34°C 2001	19°C 1975	47%
Dec 7	31°C	21°C	37°C 1989	14°C 2003	47%
Dec 8	31°C	21°C	35°C 2003	16°C 1976	46%
Dec 9	31°C	21°C	34°C 1979	17°C 1983	45%
Dec 10	31°C	21°C	34°C 1983	20°C 1991	44%
Dec 11	31°C	21°C	34°C 1983	19°C 1986	43%
Dec 12	31°C	21°C	34°C 2003	18°C 1986	43%
Dec 13	31°C	21°C	34°C 1987	21°C 1989	43%
Dec 14	31°C	21°C	35°C 1987	20°C 1977	42%
Dec 15	31°C	21°C	35°C 1987	17°C 1986	40%
Dec 16	31°C	21°C	35°C 1983	20°C 1991	40%
Dec 17	31°C	21°C	37°C 1983	20°C 1975	39%
Dec 18	31°C	21°C	34°C 1987	16°C 1985	38%
Dec 19	31°C	21°C	37°C 1990	19°C 1977	37%
Dec 20	31°C	21°C	35°C 1995	17°C 1983	38%
Dec 21	31°C	21°C	34°C 2009	19°C 1976	37%
Dec 22	31°C	21°C	34°C 1979	18°C 1976	36%
Dec 23	31°C	21°C	33°C 1979	18°C 1985	36%
Dec 24	31°C	20°C	35°C 1987	18°C 1976	36%
Dec 25	31°C	20°C	34°C 2004	12°C 2000	35%
Dec 26	31°C	20°C	34°C 2013	19°C 1985	34%
Dec 27	31°C	20°C	33°C 1983	17°C 1978	33%
Dec 28	31°C	20°C	34°C 1979	18°C 1985	32%
Dec 29	31°C	20°C	34°C 1987	17°C 1985	32%
Dec 30	31°C	20°C	33°C 2004	15°C 1986	31%
Dec 31	31°C	20°C	34°C 2013	17°C 1977	30%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-4).

December 1: sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:55 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 6:08 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station VEM00080419, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.