City profile · Ecuador · South America
Riobamba
Chimborazo Province · Ecuador
City population
264,048
#11
in Ecuador
#2,172
worldwide
-1.665, -78.659 · 160 km from Quito
About Riobamba
Riobamba is a city in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador with a population of 264,048. It is the 11th largest of the 71 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ecuador, and the 2,172nd largest worldwide. It lies 160 km from Quito.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Chimborazo Province
Elevation
2,777 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Guayaquil
Coordinates
-1.665, -78.659
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
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