Calca | |
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Town | |
 Main square of Calca | |
  Calca | |
| Coordinates: 13°19′23″S71°57′22″W / 13.323°S 71.956°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Calca |
| District | Calca |
| Elevation | 2,926 m (9,600 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 9 732 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Calca, also referred to as Villa de Zamora, is a town in southern Peru, capital of Calca Province in Cusco Region. It is at an elevation of around 2926 meters (9600 feet) above sea level. [2]
| Climate data for Calca, elevation 2,926 m (9,600 ft), (1963–1998) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.4 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.1 (55.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 14.1 (57.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 13.9 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 7.6 (45.7) | 7.4 (45.3) | 5.7 (42.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 1.3 (34.3) | 0.9 (33.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 5.3 (41.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 112.0 (4.41) | 93.4 (3.68) | 82.2 (3.24) | 35.0 (1.38) | 5.1 (0.20) | 5.2 (0.20) | 3.1 (0.12) | 7.7 (0.30) | 13.2 (0.52) | 33.4 (1.31) | 60.0 (2.36) | 83.7 (3.30) | 534 (21.02) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.4 | 72.8 | 72.1 | 69.9 | 65.8 | 63.2 | 61.7 | 61.7 | 61.9 | 62.4 | 64.1 | 68.5 | 66.4 |
| Source: Repositorio Institucional Continental [3] | |||||||||||||
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