Ponce
City in Puerto Rico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Parque de Bombas-Ponce Puerto Rico: The original uploader was Jmoliver at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ponce is a city in Puerto Rico. About 137,491 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Puerto Rico in our atlas.
It lies at 18.01° N, 66.62° W, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Puerto_Rico time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ponce. Green dots: other major cities of Puerto Rico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ponce has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 22°C (71°F). Around 899 mm (35 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 Puerto RicoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4566880 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q7227588 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Parque de Bombas-Ponce Puerto Rico: The original uploader was Jmoliver at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)