City profile · Uruguay · South America
Rivera
Rivera Department · Uruguay
City population
84,775
#4
in Uruguay
#6,812
worldwide
-30.905, -55.551 · 449 km from Montevideo
About Rivera
Rivera is a city in Rivera Department, Uruguay with a population of 84,775. It is the 4th largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Uruguay, and the 6,812th largest worldwide. It lies 449 km from Montevideo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rivera Department
Elevation
194 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Montevideo
Coordinates
-30.905, -55.551
Record updated
2026-06-22
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
All 31 in UruguayClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.