Barquisimeto
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Barquisimeto is a city in Venezuela, in Lara. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.06° N, 69.36° W, about 606 m (1,988 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Barquisimeto. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Barquisimeto has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (64°F). Around 803 mm (32 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in VenezuelaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Valencia · 149 km
- Barinas · 187 km
- Maracay · 194 km
- Maracaibo · 255 km
- Caracas · 275 km
- Barcelona · 510 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 517 km
- Cumaná · 568 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3648522 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4709 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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