Paratebueno
Municipality and town in Colombia
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Paratebueno is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is 90 km (56 mi) outside the capital city of Bogotá.
Paratebueno | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Paratebueno Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°22′31″N 73°12′47″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 7,726 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Population
There were 8,043 residents as of the 2018 census, updated November 2019.[1]
Earthquake
On June 8, 2025, Paratebueno was the epicenter of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.[2] Hundreds of homes, as well as multiple schools and churches, were damaged in the Santa Cecilia area of Paratebueno and in the nearby town of Medina.[3]
Climate
Paratebueno has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy to very heavy rainfall in all months except January.
| Climate data for Paratebueno (Japon El), elevation 280 m (920 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) | 32.6 (90.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.6 (2.03) |
102.5 (4.04) |
170.8 (6.72) |
450.6 (17.74) |
560.1 (22.05) |
482.1 (18.98) |
446.2 (17.57) |
346.0 (13.62) |
338.2 (13.31) |
418.6 (16.48) |
328.0 (12.91) |
119.4 (4.70) |
3,753.2 (147.76) |
| Average precipitation days | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 203 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 67 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 173.6 | 141.2 | 111.6 | 99.0 | 108.5 | 93.0 | 108.5 | 127.1 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 144.0 | 161.2 | 1,572.7 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4] | |||||||||||||
