Ciudad Bolívar
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ciudad Bolívar historical zone: Venecon at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ciudad Bolívar is a city in Venezuela, in Bolívar. About 412,619 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 8.12° N, 63.55° W, about 73 m (240 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ciudad Bolívar. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ciudad Bolívar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (71°F). Around 976 mm (38 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.
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
- Ciudad Guayana · 103 km
- Maturín · 184 km
- Barcelona · 256 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 261 km
- Cumaná · 269 km
- Caracas · 451 km
- Maracay · 504 km
- Valencia · 539 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3645532 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q26906 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ciudad Bolívar historical zone: Venecon at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art facade: Guillermo Ramos Flamerich, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
