Heliconia, Antioquia
Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia
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Heliconia is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia.
Heliconia, Antioquia | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Heliconia, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Heliconia, Antioquia Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 6°13′0″N 75°44′0″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
| Subregion | Western |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Heliconia has a relatively cool tropical rainforest climate (Af). It has heavy rainfall year round. The average temperature is around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and the average annual rainfall is 3,054 mm (120.28 inches).
| Climate data for Heliconia | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 139.2 (5.48) |
143.9 (5.67) |
231.3 (9.11) |
325.7 (12.82) |
365.0 (14.37) |
247.8 (9.76) |
197.0 (7.76) |
238.9 (9.41) |
314.8 (12.39) |
370.6 (14.59) |
303.4 (11.94) |
177.2 (6.98) |
3,054.8 (120.28) |
| Average rainy days | 10 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 197 |
| Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
