Баркисимето қаласы: Климат, білім және көлік жүйесі

6 . 6 ( 8 / 3 / 1 9 5 0 )
5 . 6 ( 3 / 5 / 1 9 7 5 )
6 . 3 ( 9 / 1 2 / 2 0 0 9 )

In the city, a hot semi arid climate (Köppen BSh) is dominant. Located in that region, Barquisimeto records of rain per year and its average temperature ranges 25 °C (77 °F). However, in higher regions near the Andes, temperatures are lower and the rain is more constant. For instance, in Sanare city, the annual average rainfall is .

Barquisimeto is a city with a historic vocation by academic knowledge, and boasts a considerable sample of universities and institutes of higher education in Venezuela, has a high and growing student population from all over the country. Major universities in the city include Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado and Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre.

The Transbarca system is a new "bus rapid transit" (BRT) system under construction, which was originally planned to use trolleybuses. When construction began, in 2006, the system was projected to serve an average of 170,000 people per day when completed, using 80 trolleybuses operating along of exclusive lanes, across the metropolitan area. Service was planned to include an express route of along with one local route of With 52 stations, the BRT system is to include a centralized system of communication and security, and structures for easy access for elderly and disabled people. It is to be complemented with feeder routes, covering the areas of Greater Barquisimeto the BRT line will not serve, which will connect with the main line at terminal stations. Although 80 articulated trolleybuses were purchased from Neoplan and delivered around 2008–09, the plans to operate the Transbarca system with those vehicles were dropped in 2013. In addition to reasons of cost, an inadequate supply of electricity with which to power the system was cited in the announcement of the decision. Buses are the main means of mass transportation. The system runs a variety of bus types, operated by several companies on normal streets and avenues:
bus; large buses. buseta; medium sized buses. microbus or colectivo; vans or minivans. rapiditos; old cars with capacity for 5 or more people. The city has an airport called Jacinto Lara International Airport.