Cuenca
City in Ecuador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panorámica Pumapungo: PAULOGARCIA2005, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Cuenca is a city in Ecuador, in Azuay. About 636,996 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Ecuador in our atlas.
It lies at 2.90° S, 79.00° W, about 2,484 m (8,150 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guayaquil time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cuenca. Green dots: other major cities of Ecuador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cuenca has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 18°C (65°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 7°C (45°F). Around 986 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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 EcuadorNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Machala · 114 km
- Eloy Alfaro · 123 km
- Loja · 124 km
- Guayaquil · 126 km
- Ambato · 188 km
- Portoviejo · 260 km
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados · 294 km
- Quito · 300 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3658666 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1014957 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panorámica Pumapungo: PAULOGARCIA2005, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadiocuenca: Qenknorojo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- TEATRO PUMAPUNGO (32097417774): Agencia de Noticias ANDES, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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