Cáchira
Municipality and town in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
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Location of Cáchira in Norte de Santander
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Cáchira is a Colombian municipality located in the department of Norte de Santander. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 2,025 metres (6,644 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.[1]
Climate
Climate data for Cáchira (Esc Agr Cachira), elevation 1,882 m (6,175 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.2 (72.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 17.0 (62.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.3 (54.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.1 (1.03) | 32.4 (1.28) | 58.1 (2.29) | 105.6 (4.16) | 123.1 (4.85) | 60.0 (2.36) | 53.5 (2.11) | 73.6 (2.90) | 140.9 (5.55) | 167.0 (6.57) | 109.2 (4.30) | 39.7 (1.56) | 989.2 (38.94) |
Average precipitation days | 7 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 172 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 86 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.9 | 177.8 | 158.1 | 117.0 | 111.6 | 117.0 | 130.2 | 130.2 | 111.0 | 120.9 | 144.0 | 195.3 | 1,727 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] |
Gallery
- Siete Lagunas ("Seven Lakes") on Cáchira's páramo
- Espeletia schultzii on Cáchira's páramo
References
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Municipalities in Norte de Santander Department
- Ábrego
- Arboledas
- Bochalema
- Bucarasica
- Cáchira
- Cácota
- Chinácota
- Chitagá
- Convención
- Cúcuta
- Cucutilla
- Durania
- El Carmen
- El Tarra
- El Zulia
- Gramalote
- Hacarí
- Herrán
- La Esperanza
- La Playa
- Labateca
- Los Patios
- Lourdes
- Mutiscua
- Ocaña
- Pamplona
- Pamplonita
- Puerto Santander
- Ragonvalia
- Salazar de las Palmas
- San Calixto
- San Cayetano
- Santiago
- Sardinata
- Silos
- Teorama
- Tibú
- Toledo
- Villa Caro
- Villa del Rosario
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