El Charco
Municipality and town in Nariño Department, Colombia
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El Charco is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.
El Charco | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
.svg) Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of El Charco in the Nariño Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Nariño Department |
| Founded | October 16, 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Milton Cuero Tejada |
| Area | |
| 2,485 km2 (959 sq mi) | |
| Population (2016) | |
| 38,207 | |
| • Density | 15.38/km2 (39.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10,461 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
El Charco has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for El Charco | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.0 (78.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 322 (12.7) |
294 (11.6) |
254 (10.0) |
333 (13.1) |
524 (20.6) |
491 (19.3) |
343 (13.5) |
314 (12.4) |
395 (15.6) |
377 (14.8) |
292 (11.5) |
260 (10.2) |
4,199 (165.3) |
| Source: [1] | |||||||||||||
