El Carmen del Darién
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El Carmen del Darién | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 7°9′28″N 76°58′15″W / 7.15778°N 76.97083°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Chocó Department |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 4,700 km2 (1,800 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 5,462 |
• Urban | 1,321 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
El Carmen del Darién is a municipality and town in the northern part of the Chocó Department, Colombia.
Climate[edit]
El Carmen del Darién has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year round. The following climate data is for Curbaradó, the capital of the municipality.
Climate data for Curbaradó | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.8 (85.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.3 (79.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.8 (73.1) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 101 (4.0) | 99 (3.9) | 114 (4.5) | 284 (11.2) | 359 (14.1) | 386 (15.2) | 413 (16.3) | 448 (17.6) | 368 (14.5) | 431 (17.0) | 403 (15.9) | 313 (12.3) | 3,719 (146.5) |
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