About San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal is a city in Tachira, Venezuela with a population of 289,852. It is the 17th largest of the 214 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Venezuela, and the 1,970th largest worldwide. It lies 661 km from Caracas.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 14
Elevation
692 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Caracas
Coordinates
7.766, -72.236
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 214 in VenezuelaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.