El Calvario

El Calvario is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. It was the epicenter of the 2008 Colombia earthquake.

El Calvario
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of El Calvario in the Meta Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentMeta Department
Elevation
1,987 m (6,519 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateCfb

Climate

El Calvario has a borderline subtropical highland climate (Cfb) and a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for El Calvario
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 23.8
(74.8)
24.1
(75.4)
24.1
(75.4)
23.5
(74.3)
23.0
(73.4)
22.1
(71.8)
22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.8
(73.0)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.1
(64.6)
18.6
(65.5)
19.2
(66.6)
19.0
(66.2)
18.8
(65.8)
18.1
(64.6)
18.1
(64.6)
18.0
(64.4)
18.0
(64.4)
18.3
(64.9)
18.2
(64.8)
17.9
(64.2)
18.4
(65.1)
Average low °C (°F) 12.4
(54.3)
13.1
(55.6)
14.3
(57.7)
14.6
(58.3)
14.6
(58.3)
14.2
(57.6)
14.0
(57.2)
13.7
(56.7)
13.3
(55.9)
13.6
(56.5)
13.5
(56.3)
12.8
(55.0)
13.7
(56.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 66.3
(2.61)
112.4
(4.43)
134.2
(5.28)
345.7
(13.61)
427.3
(16.82)
452.1
(17.80)
521.2
(20.52)
431.9
(17.00)
274.4
(10.80)
221.2
(8.71)
166.6
(6.56)
82.2
(3.24)
3,235.5
(127.38)
Average rainy days 8 10 14 22 25 25 27 25 22 20 17 11 226
Source 1: IDEAM[1]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2]

References

  1. "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. "Climate: El Calvario". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 26, 2020.


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