Unguía

Unguía is a municipality and town in the far north of the Chocó Department, Colombia.

Unguía
Municipality and town
Flag of Unguía
Location of the municipality and town of Unguía in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Unguía in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Area
  Total1,307 km2 (505 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018[2])
  Total12,192
  Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-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

  1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "Promedios Climatológicos 1981-2010". Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales.
  4. "Unguía climate". Climate.data.org.

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