Maturín
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Plaza El Estudiante de Maturin: Cesar Pérez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Maturín is a city in Venezuela, in Monagas. About 647,459 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 9.75° N, 63.18° W, about 71 m (233 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Maturín. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Maturín has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 21°C (70°F). Around 1,057 mm (42 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
- Cumaná · 135 km
- Ciudad Guayana · 166 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 167 km
- Barcelona · 170 km
- Ciudad Bolívar · 184 km
- Caracas · 413 km
- Maracay · 486 km
- Valencia · 529 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3778045 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q842779 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Plaza El Estudiante de Maturin: Cesar Pérez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vista del Parque La Guaricha: Cesar Pérez, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
