Valencia
City in Venezuela: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Valencia (Venezuela) Skyline: Ccmaracay2, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Valencia is a city in Venezuela, in Carabobo. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Venezuela in our atlas.
It lies at 10.16° N, 68.00° W, about 547 m (1,795 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Caracas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Valencia. Green dots: other major cities of Venezuela. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Valencia has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (65°F). Around 793 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Maracay · 45 km
- Caracas · 128 km
- Barquisimeto · 149 km
- Barinas · 298 km
- Barcelona · 362 km
- Puerto La Cruz · 368 km
- Maracaibo · 398 km
- Cumaná · 419 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3625549 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q54880 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Valencia (Venezuela) Skyline: Ccmaracay2, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza de toros Monumental de Valencia 1972 006: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Misael Delgado - Carabobo vs Deportivo Tachira 05-02-2011: Lsgmz292, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zues u Maria: Felix Ochoa, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- PRIMERA PRÀCTICA MAGALLANERA: xolkanf on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Forum de Valencia: NASA World Wind, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- San diego - panoramio: Daniel Garcia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Camoruco railway station: Alvaro Hernández (www.flickr.com/photos/hernandez-alvaro/), CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
