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Guamal, Meta | |
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Municipality and town | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Meta Department |
Area | |
• Total | 638 km2 (246 sq mi) |
Elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) |
Population (Census 2018 [2] ) | |
• Total | 13,857 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
Guamal is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.
Guamal has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The climate is hot and sometimes humid, though its proximity to the foothills of the Oriental Andes brings mild breezes at nightfall. Average temperature is 25.1 °C or 77.2 °F. Although January is almost dry enough for tropical monsoon (Am) classification, the other eleven months all receive over 125 millimetres or 5 inches of rain, and for eight months from April to November monthly rainfall consistently exceeds 340 millimetres or 13.4 inches.
Climate data for Guamal | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.1 (86.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.1 (77.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.1 (68.2) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 69.0 (2.72) | 126.7 (4.99) | 254.0 (10.00) | 484.8 (19.09) | 575.3 (22.65) | 512.6 (20.18) | 395.5 (15.57) | 344.8 (13.57) | 376.8 (14.83) | 440.3 (17.33) | 488.2 (19.22) | 167.6 (6.60) | 4,235.6 (166.75) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 185 |
Source 1: [3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: [4] |
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