Puerto La Cruz
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Puerto La Cruz is a city in Venezuela, in Anzoátegui. About 370,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.21° N, 64.63° W, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Puerto La Cruz. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Puerto La Cruz has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (67°F). Around 735 mm (29 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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
- Barcelona · 10 km
- Cumaná · 57 km
- Maturín · 167 km
- Caracas · 247 km
- Ciudad Bolívar · 261 km
- Ciudad Guayana · 300 km
- Maracay · 324 km
- Valencia · 368 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3629672 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q379509 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
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