Bahía Solano

Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and tourist center of coastal Choco. The municipal head is Ciudad Mutis.

Bahía Solano
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Bahía Solano in the Choco Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Government
 • MayorUlmer Mosquera Gutiérrez
Area
 • Municipality and town1,667 km2 (644 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 • Urban
9.400 (2,017)[1]
 Afro-Colombians, Embera Indians, Paisas
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Websitewww.bahiasolano-choco.gov.co

Bahia is home to José Celestino Mutis Airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to scuba diving and sport fishing opportunities, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. 18 km away from Bahia Solano, is the beach town of El Valle, Choco, which is the closest community to Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) down the beach.

Climate

Bahía Solano has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).

Climate data for Bahía Solano
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.4
(84.9)		 29.9
(85.8)		 29.9
(85.8)		 29.9
(85.8)		 29.7
(85.5)		 29.3
(84.7)		 29.5
(85.1)		 29.5
(85.1)		 29.1
(84.4)		 28.8
(83.8)		 28.7
(83.7)		 29.0
(84.2)		 29.4
(84.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.0
(78.8)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.1
(79.0)		 25.9
(78.6)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.5
(77.9)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.9
(78.5)
Average low °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.7
(72.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 273.9
(10.78)		 170.0
(6.69)		 195.0
(7.68)		 339.0
(13.35)		 482.5
(19.00)		 454.2
(17.88)		 475.0
(18.70)		 571.5
(22.50)		 565.0
(22.24)		 770.0
(30.31)		 639.8
(25.19)		 472.7
(18.61)		 5,408.6
(212.93)
Average rainy days 18 12 13 21 24 24 24 24 25 25 24 22 256
Average relative humidity (%) 90 89 89 90 91 91 91 91 91 92 92 91 91
Mean monthly sunshine hours 77.5 87.5 86.8 69.0 62.0 57.0 77.5 71.3 51.0 58.9 48.0 49.6 796.1
Mean daily sunshine hours 2.5 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.2
Source: [2]

References
  1. Bahía Solano · Población poblacion.population.city, retrieved 26 January 2020
  2. "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-06-26.

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