Region · Venezuela
Best time to visit the Barinas region
This guide covers 7 destinations in the Barinas region, a first-level administrative division of Venezuela. The largest by population are Barinas, Municipio Barinas and Socopó. Across its destinations, November to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Barinas Airport (BNS).
- Destinations in this guide
- 7
- Comfortable in the most places
- November to March
- Main airport
- BNSBarinas Airport
- Currency
- VESsovereign bolivar
- Time zone
- America/Caracas
Destinations
Destinations in Barinas region
Every destination in this guide in the Barinas region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barinas | 873,962 | BNS · 2 km | |
| Municipio Barinas | 353,851 | BNS · 43 km | |
| Socopó | 110,512 | BNS · 79 km | |
| Municipio Sucre | 81,665 | BNS · 78 km | |
| Municipio Pedraza | 58,822 | BNS · 63 km | |
| Municipio Zamora | 53,580 | AUC · 85 km | |
| Municipio Bolívar | 52,872 | BNS · 38 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Barinas region
From the climate of 7 destinations in the Barinas region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: November to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 of 7 | 31 °C | 20 mm |
| February | 1 of 7 | 32 °C | 20 mm |
| March | 1 of 7 | 32 °C | 44 mm |
| April | 0 of 7 | 31 °C | 93 mm |
| May | 0 of 7 | 31 °C | 180 mm |
| June | 0 of 7 | 30 °C | 191 mm |
| July | 0 of 7 | 30 °C | 213 mm |
| August | 0 of 7 | 30 °C | 182 mm |
| September | 0 of 7 | 31 °C | 155 mm |
| October | 0 of 7 | 31 °C | 170 mm |
| November | 1 of 7 | 31 °C | 111 mm |
| December | 1 of 7 | 31 °C | 48 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Barinas region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in the Barinas region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
BNS · Barinas Airport
AUC · Santiago Perez Airport
VLV · Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport
VIG · Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport
STD · Mayor Buenaventura Vivas International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Barinas region, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Venezuela
Nearby
Regions near Barinas region
Other regions of Venezuela with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.