La Pedrera, Amazonas

La Pedrera is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Amazonas. The town in on the southern bank of the Caquetá River, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Brazil.

La Pedrera
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality and town of La Pedrera, Amazonas in the Amazonas Department of Colombia
La Pedrera
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 1°19′S 69°34′W
Country Colombia
DepartmentAmazonas Department
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
  Total3,711
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAf

It is served by La Pedrera Airport.

Climate

La Pedrera has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year round.

Climate data for La Pedrera
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.4
(86.7)
30.6
(87.1)
30.6
(87.1)
30.6
(87.1)
29.7
(85.5)
29.2
(84.6)
29.4
(84.9)
30.2
(86.4)
30.8
(87.4)
30.7
(87.3)
30.8
(87.4)
30.7
(87.3)
30.3
(86.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.0
(78.8)
26.0
(78.8)
26.0
(78.8)
26.1
(79.0)
25.7
(78.3)
25.1
(77.2)
25.1
(77.2)
25.5
(77.9)
26.0
(78.8)
26.2
(79.2)
26.5
(79.7)
26.1
(79.0)
25.9
(78.6)
Average low °C (°F) 21.6
(70.9)
21.4
(70.5)
21.5
(70.7)
21.6
(70.9)
21.7
(71.1)
21.1
(70.0)
20.8
(69.4)
20.9
(69.6)
21.2
(70.2)
21.7
(71.1)
22.2
(72.0)
21.6
(70.9)
21.4
(70.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 316.3
(12.45)
270.4
(10.65)
423.8
(16.69)
398.9
(15.70)
426.4
(16.79)
359.9
(14.17)
335.7
(13.22)
293.3
(11.55)
253.9
(10.00)
250.2
(9.85)
304.1
(11.97)
301.2
(11.86)
3,934.1
(154.9)
Average rainy days 14 12 14 14 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 13 161
Source 1: [1]
Source 2: [2]

References

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