El Guacamayo | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of El Guacamayo in the Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,303 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
El Guacamayo is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
El Guacamayo has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb) with warm afternoons, cool to comfortable mornings, and very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for El Guacamayo | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.7 (72.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 154.0 (6.06) | 166.8 (6.57) | 276.4 (10.88) | 406.7 (16.01) | 526.6 (20.73) | 378.9 (14.92) | 341.7 (13.45) | 412.4 (16.24) | 461.0 (18.15) | 480.8 (18.93) | 407.0 (16.02) | 226.4 (8.91) | 4,238.7 (166.87) |
| Average rainy days | 9 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 212 |
| Source 1: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales [1] | |||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 6°20′N73°28′W / 6.333°N 73.467°W
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