Restrepo, Meta

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Restrepo, Meta
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Restrepo, Meta in the Meta Department of Colombia.
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Department Meta Department
Area
[1]
  Total289 km2 (112 sq mi)
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Population
 (Census 2018 [2] )
  Total17,610
  Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate Af

Restrepo is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.

Climate

Restrepo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with very heavy rainfall year round and extremely heavy rainfall from April to October. Precipitation exceeds 1,000 millimetres or 40 inches in May and June. It is the wettest place in the department of Meta, and one of the wettest places in the world, receiving comparable rainfall to the more famously wet Chocó region on the opposite side of the Andes.

Climate data for Restrepo (Salinas de Upin), elevation 450 m (1,480 ft), (1971–2000)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)29.2
(84.6)
29.1
(84.4)
28.7
(83.7)
28.1
(82.6)
27.5
(81.5)
26.2
(79.2)
26.5
(79.7)
27.2
(81.0)
28.0
(82.4)
28.0
(82.4)
27.9
(82.2)
28.3
(82.9)
27.9
(82.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)24.3
(75.7)
25.0
(77.0)
24.5
(76.1)
23.5
(74.3)
23.0
(73.4)
22.2
(72.0)
21.9
(71.4)
22.4
(72.3)
22.8
(73.0)
23.1
(73.6)
23.2
(73.8)
23.4
(74.1)
23.3
(73.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)20.8
(69.4)
21.8
(71.2)
21.1
(70.0)
20.3
(68.5)
20.0
(68.0)
19.3
(66.7)
19.0
(66.2)
19.4
(66.9)
19.3
(66.7)
19.4
(66.9)
20.1
(68.2)
20.2
(68.4)
20.1
(68.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)60.5
(2.38)
113.0
(4.45)
207.4
(8.17)
544.4
(21.43)
667.3
(26.27)
627.1
(24.69)
544.7
(21.44)
499.8
(19.68)
413.5
(16.28)
535.0
(21.06)
407.5
(16.04)
184.7
(7.27)
4,804.9
(189.17)
Average precipitation days91017242727262422232215247
Average relative humidity (%)76747885889088878686868484
Mean monthly sunshine hours 114.798.971.375.089.969.080.6108.5117.0120.9105.0111.61,162.4
Mean daily sunshine hours 3.73.52.32.52.92.32.63.53.93.93.53.63.2
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales [3]

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References

  1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE . Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. "Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Retrieved 25 June 2024.[ dead link ]

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