San Juan
Capital of Puerto Rico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
San Juan, Puerto Rico (2529298606): James Willamor from Raleigh, NC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico. About 418,140 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Puerto Rico in our atlas.
It lies at 18.47° N, 66.11° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Puerto_Rico time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: San Juan. Green dots: other major cities of Puerto Rico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Juan 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 23°C (73°F). Around 1,206 mm (47 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.
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 Puerto RicoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4568127 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q41211 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (2529298606): James Willamor from Raleigh, NC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)