Chachagüí
Municipality and town in Nariño Department, Colombia
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Chachagüí (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃatʃaˈɣwi]) is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. The municipality is home to Antonio Nariño Airport, the most important in the region and a means of air access to San Juan de Pasto, the department's capital.
Chachagüí | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Chachagüí in the Nariño Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Nariño Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 148 km2 (57 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 12,419 |
| • Density | 83.9/km2 (217/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Chachagüí experiences a consistently warm and mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cfb).[3] July and August are fairly dry, while the rest of the year experiences significant rainfall.
| Climate data for Chachagüí (Antonio Nariño Airport), elevation 1,816 m (5,958 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 99.4 (3.91) |
89.9 (3.54) |
128.0 (5.04) |
153.9 (6.06) |
122.1 (4.81) |
53.9 (2.12) |
33.7 (1.33) |
20.1 (0.79) |
63.4 (2.50) |
146.9 (5.78) |
161.4 (6.35) |
127.7 (5.03) |
1,200.4 (47.26) |
| Average precipitation days | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 178 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 66 | 63 | 69 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.4 | 141.2 | 139.5 | 141.0 | 161.2 | 183.0 | 207.7 | 207.7 | 171.0 | 161.2 | 153.0 | 161.2 | 1,995.1 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4] | |||||||||||||
