Barinas
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Barinas, Estado Barinas, Venezuela: George Miquilena, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Barinas is a city in Venezuela. About 397,279 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 8.62° N, 70.23° W, about 221 m (725 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Barinas. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Barinas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (71°F). Around 1,337 mm (53 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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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- Barquisimeto · 187 km
- Maracaibo · 271 km
- Valencia · 299 km
- Maracay · 341 km
- Caracas · 422 km
- Barcelona · 631 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 639 km
- Cumaná · 695 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3648546 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q695623 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Barinas, Estado Barinas, Venezuela: George Miquilena, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)