Region · Venezuela
Best time to visit Monagas
This guide covers 5 destinations in Monagas, a first-level administrative division of Venezuela. The largest by population are Maturín, Municipio Maturín and Punta de Mata. The airport most of them name as their nearest is José Tadeo Monagas International Airport (MUN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Main airport
- MUNJosé Tadeo Monagas International Airport
- Currency
- VESsovereign bolivar
- Time zone
- America/Caracas
Destinations
Destinations in Monagas
Every destination in this guide in Monagas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maturín | 753,254 | MUN · 4 km | |
| Municipio Maturín | 542,259 | MUN · 36 km | |
| Punta de Mata | 100,000 | MUN · 51 km | |
| Caripito | 64,955 | MUN · 41 km | |
| Municipio Ezequiel Zamora | 62,751 | MUN · 59 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Monagas
From the climate of 5 destinations in Monagas 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. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 53 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 34 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 28 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 33 °C | 51 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 99 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 185 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 181 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 170 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 120 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 111 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 120 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 97 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 Monagas
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Monagas 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.
MUN · José Tadeo Monagas International Airport
CUM · Antonio José de Sucre Airport
CUP · General Francisco Bermúdez Airport
SOM · San Tomé Airport
PZO · General Manuel Carlos Piar International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Monagas, 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 Monagas
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.