Puerto Caicedo
Municipality and town in Putumayo Department, Colombia
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Puerto Caicedo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto kajˈseðo]) is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia.
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Puerto Caicedo | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Caicedo in the Putumayo Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Putumayo Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 864 km2 (334 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 11,122 |
| • Density | 12.9/km2 (33.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Puerto Caicedo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Puerto Caicedo | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.0 (76.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 222.3 (8.75) |
294.4 (11.59) |
331.4 (13.05) |
424.7 (16.72) |
441.3 (17.37) |
358.5 (14.11) |
282.8 (11.13) |
268.0 (10.55) |
252.8 (9.95) |
308.2 (12.13) |
354.2 (13.94) |
272.5 (10.73) |
3,811.1 (150.02) |
| Average rainy days | 15 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 227 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
