Region · Venezuela

Best time to visit Portuguesa

This guide covers 3 destinations in Portuguesa, a first-level administrative division of Venezuela. The largest by population are Acarigua, Araure and Páez. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Jacinto Lara International Airport (BRM).

Destinations in this guide
3
Main airport
BRMJacinto Lara International Airport
Currency
VESsovereign bolivar
Time zone
America/Caracas

Destinations

Destinations in Portuguesa

Every destination in this guide in Portuguesa, 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.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Acarigua195,637BRM · 56 km
Araure188,800BRM · 55 km
Páez177,175BRM · 69 km

When to go

Best time to visit Portuguesa

From the climate of 3 destinations in Portuguesa 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.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 331 °C14 mm
February0 of 332 °C14 mm
March0 of 332 °C23 mm
April0 of 331 °C104 mm
May0 of 330 °C193 mm
June0 of 329 °C227 mm
July0 of 329 °C218 mm
August0 of 330 °C161 mm
September0 of 330 °C135 mm
October0 of 330 °C156 mm
November0 of 330 °C107 mm
December0 of 330 °C41 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 Portuguesa

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Portuguesa 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.

large airport · Barquisimeto

BRM · Jacinto Lara International Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations55 km from the closest
large airport · Valencia

VLN · Arturo Michelena International Airport

Named by 1 destination143 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Portuguesa, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Venezuela

1 Jan · New Year's Day16 Feb · Carnival Monday17 Feb · Carnival Tuesday2 Apr · Maundy Thursday3 Apr · Good Friday19 Apr · Declaration of Independence1 May · International Worker's Day15 May · Family Day24 Jun · Battle of Carabobo5 Jul · Independence Day24 Jul · Birthday of Simon Bolivar12 Oct · Day of Indigenous Resistance24 Dec · Christmas Eve25 Dec · Christmas Day31 Dec · New Year's Eve

Nearby

Regions near Portuguesa

Other regions of Venezuela with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Venezuela travel guide · All regions of Venezuela

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.