Curitibanos
Municipality in South, Brazil
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Curitibanos is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina. It is located at 27º16'58"S latitude and 50º35'04"W longitude, at an elevation of 987 metres. It has an area of 953.67 km² and its population, according to 2018 IBGE estimates, was 39,595 inhabitants.
Curitibanos | |
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 Church in Curitibanos | |
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| Nickname: Ame Curitibanos (Love Curitibanos) | |
 Location of Curitibanos | |
  Curitibanos | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′00″S 50°34′30″W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Santa Catarina |
| Founded | June 11, 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kleberson Luciano Lima[1] (PMDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 952.283 km2 (367.679 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 987 m (3,238 ft) |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
• Total | 39,893 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.769 |
| Website | www.curitibanos.sc.gov.br |
History
Curitibanos was founded in 1679, and became municipality in 11 June 1869.
Climate
Curitibanos has oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) on summer the temperature reaches 25 °C, on winter it reaches 7 °C, rarely falling below 0 °C or exceeding 13 °C. The highest temperature was 34 °C. The lowest temperature was -5 °C. Frost is common on winter.
| Climate data for Curitibanos, elevation 1,016 m (3,333 ft), (1976–2005) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.2 (91.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.4 (54.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 168.5 (6.63) |
145.3 (5.72) |
133.6 (5.26) |
90.1 (3.55) |
103.8 (4.09) |
102.1 (4.02) |
122.6 (4.83) |
116.3 (4.58) |
139.6 (5.50) |
162.7 (6.41) |
83.4 (3.28) |
111.7 (4.40) |
1,479.7 (58.27) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198 | 166 | 178 | 173 | 174 | 148 | 165 | 187 | 145 | 157 | 203 | 215 | 2,109 |
| Source: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)[3] | |||||||||||||
