Barcelona
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Barcelona is a city in Venezuela, in Anzoátegui. About 815,141 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.14° N, 64.69° W, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Barcelona. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Barcelona has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 22°C (72°F). Around 713 mm (28 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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.
What to eat in VenezuelaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Puerto La Cruz · 10 km
- Cumaná · 66 km
- Maturín · 170 km
- Caracas · 243 km
- Ciudad Bolívar · 256 km
- Ciudad Guayana · 299 km
- Maracay · 318 km
- Valencia · 362 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3648559 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q391221 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.