Colombo, Paraná
Place in Brazil
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Colombo is a city of about 240,000 inhabitants in the Southern Brazilian state of Paraná; is the third largest city in Greater Curitiba, with the largest one being Curitiba.
Colombo | |
|---|---|
Church Hall, whose construction began in 1898. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Colombo | |
| Coordinates: 23°47' S 46°58' W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Paraná |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Helder Luiz Lazarotto |
| Area | |
• Total | 198.7 km2 (76.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 232,212 |
| 241,672 | |
| • Density | 1,169/km2 (3,027/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
It was founded on 5 February 1890. It is located at 25º17'30" S, 49º13'27" W, at an elevation of about 1000 metres above sea level, some 18 km from state capital Curitiba. The city is the largest Italian colony in the state.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Colombo (1991-2021) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19 (66) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14 (57) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 245 (9.6) |
197 (7.8) |
135 (5.3) |
79 (3.1) |
93 (3.7) |
95 (3.7) |
95 (3.7) |
74 (2.9) |
132 (5.2) |
130 (5.1) |
131 (5.2) |
168 (6.6) |
1,574 (61.9) |
| Average rainy days | 17 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 119 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.1 | 180.8 | 176.7 | 165 | 158.1 | 174 | 189.1 | 210.8 | 180 | 170.5 | 168 | 195.3 | 2,157.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Source: Climate data (sun 1999-2019)[3] | |||||||||||||
