Arecibo
City in Puerto Rico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Arecibo is a city in Puerto Rico. About 87,754 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Puerto Rico in our atlas.
It lies at 18.47° N, 66.72° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Puerto_Rico time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arecibo. Green dots: other major cities of Puerto Rico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arecibo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,117 mm (44 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4562635 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q31887497 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.