El Zulia
Municipality and town in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
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El Zulia (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈsulja]) is a municipality of the Norte de Santander Department in Colombia. A portion of this municipality is part of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta.
El Zulia | |
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Municipality and town | |
View of El Zulia | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of El Zulia in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Norte de Santander Department |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 26,019 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
| Climate data for El Zulia (Risaralda), elevation 90 m (300 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 107.1 (4.22) |
97.0 (3.82) |
105.8 (4.17) |
200.0 (7.87) |
183.1 (7.21) |
88.5 (3.48) |
103.6 (4.08) |
132.5 (5.22) |
188.0 (7.40) |
274.6 (10.81) |
280.3 (11.04) |
162.4 (6.39) |
1,863.5 (73.37) |
| Average precipitation days | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 123 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 155.0 | 135.5 | 145.7 | 123.0 | 167.4 | 162.0 | 201.5 | 198.4 | 186.0 | 164.3 | 144.0 | 136.4 | 1,919.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
