Maracaibo
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Maracaibo panoramica avenida Cecilio Acosta cuted: Maracaibo_panoramica_avenida_Cecilio_Acosta.jpg: Wilfredor derivative work: Wilfredor, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Maracaibo is a city in Venezuela, in Zulia. About 1.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.64° N, 71.61° W, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Maracaibo. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Maracaibo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 678 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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
- Barquisimeto · 254 km
- Barinas · 270 km
- Valencia · 397 km
- Maracay · 440 km
- Caracas · 516 km
- Barcelona · 757 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 763 km
- Cumaná · 811 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3633009 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q171632 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Maracaibo panoramica avenida Cecilio Acosta cuted: Maracaibo_panoramica_avenida_Cecilio_Acosta.jpg: Wilfredor derivative work: Wilfredor, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Baralt by Beria: Béria Lima de Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza de Toros Monumental de Maracaibo: Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2 Estadio Luis Aparicio el Grande Aguilas del Zulia vs Leones del Caracas 21-12-2011: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
