Medina | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 4°30′33″N73°20′58″W / 4.50917°N 73.34944°W Coordinates: 4°30′33″N73°20′58″W / 4.50917°N 73.34944°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Population (Census 2018 [1] ) | |
• Total | 7,281 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Medina is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca.
Medina has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy to very heavy rainfall in all months except January.
Climate data for Medina | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.8 (85.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.8 (76.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.8 (67.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 54.1 (2.13) | 114.0 (4.49) | 181.9 (7.16) | 430.9 (16.96) | 517.3 (20.37) | 492.7 (19.40) | 447.0 (17.60) | 362.7 (14.28) | 335.3 (13.20) | 350.9 (13.81) | 312.2 (12.29) | 106.5 (4.19) | 3,705.5 (145.88) |
Average rainy days | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 161 |
Source 1: [2] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: [3] |
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