Unguía
Unguía is a municipality and town in the far north of the Chocó Department, Colombia.
Unguía | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Unguía in the Chocó Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,307 km2 (505 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
| • Total | 12,192 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Unguía has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy rainfall from April to December and little to moderate rainfall from January to March. It is the driest place in the extremely wet department of Chocó with only 2,392 millimetres or 94.2 inches of rain.
| Climate data for Unguía town | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.4 (86.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 50 (2.0) |
69 (2.7) |
85 (3.3) |
195 (7.7) |
301 (11.9) |
273 (10.7) |
267 (10.5) |
255 (10.0) |
213 (8.4) |
264 (10.4) |
235 (9.3) |
185 (7.3) |
2,392 (94.2) |
| Average rainy days | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 107 |
| Source 1: [3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [4] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- "Promedios Climatológicos 1981-2010". Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales.
- "Unguía climate". Climate.data.org.
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