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Cisneros, Antioquia | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 6°32′18″N75°05′19″W / 6.53833°N 75.08861°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Antioquia Department |
Subregion | Northeastern |
Elevation | 1,050 m (3,440 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 9,058 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Cisneros is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,050 m (3,440 ft) above sea level.
Cisneros has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Cisneros | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.1 (82.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.0 (73.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.0 (64.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 81 (3.2) | 87 (3.4) | 158 (6.2) | 277 (10.9) | 365 (14.4) | 271 (10.7) | 261 (10.3) | 303 (11.9) | 332 (13.1) | 367 (14.4) | 238 (9.4) | 112 (4.4) | 2,852 (112.3) |
Source: Climate-Data.org [1] |
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