Caracas
Capital of Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Caracas desde el ávila: Olga Berrios, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela, in Distrito Federal. About 3.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.49° N, 66.88° W, about 887 m (2,910 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Caracas. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Caracas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 29°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 19°C (66°F). Around 842 mm (33 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.
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
- Maracay · 82 km
- Valencia · 128 km
- Barcelona · 242 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 247 km
- Barquisimeto · 274 km
- Cumaná · 295 km
- Maturín · 412 km
- Barinas · 420 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3646738 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1533 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Caracas desde el ávila: Olga Berrios, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Olímpico (Caracas): Liliana Amundaraín (arepa182), CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Centro Financiero Confinanzas Chavez Vive 2014: Hernán Zamora, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo de Arte contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela: Wilfredor, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fuente sur de la plaza Bolivar de Caracas 2013 001: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Scratching the Sky: JunCTionS, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Galería de Arte Nacional de Venezuela: Wilfredor, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo arte Caracas: Bobjgalindo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vista Teatro teresa carreño: José Gregorio Ferrer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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