Portuguesa · Venezuela
Acarigua travel guide
Acarigua is a city in Portuguesa, Venezuela, home to about 196,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- BRM56 km · Jacinto Lara International Airport
- Currency
- VESsovereign bolivar
- Time zone
- America/Caracas
- Language
- Spanish, Venezuelan Sign Language
About
About Acarigua
Acarigua, founded as San Miguel de Acarigua in 1620, is a city in northwestern Venezuela, in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa and its former capital. It encompasses the Páez municipality.
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When to go
The best time to visit Acarigua
Acarigua has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; June is the wettest, with about 227 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Acarigua: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), about 56 km from the city centre in a straight line.
BRM · Jacinto Lara International Airport
Questions
Acarigua: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Acarigua?
Acarigua has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; June is the wettest, with about 227 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Acarigua?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM), about 56 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Acarigua?
sovereign bolivar (VES).
Nearby
Destinations near Acarigua
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.