Cumaná
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Playa de Cumaná: Guillermo Esteves, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Cumaná is a city in Venezuela, in Sucre. About 405,626 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.46° N, 64.18° W, about 19 m (62 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cumaná. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cumaná has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 23°C (73°F). Around 838 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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.
What to eat in VenezuelaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Puerto La Cruz · 57 km
- Barcelona · 66 km
- Maturín · 135 km
- Ciudad Bolívar · 269 km
- Ciudad Guayana · 288 km
- Caracas · 295 km
- Maracay · 374 km
- Valencia · 419 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3644768 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q319476 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Playa de Cumaná: Guillermo Esteves, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)