Puerto Nariño
Municipality and town in Amazonas Department, Colombia
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Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department of Colombia, located on the shore of the Amazon River.
Puerto Nariño | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Nariño in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
  Puerto Nariño Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 3°46′24″S 70°22′55″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | .svg){kind=small} Amazonas Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,876 km2 (724 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Puerto Nariño coves an area of 1,876 km2 (724 sq mi). It has about 6,000 residents.[citation needed]
Geography
Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department, located on the edge of the River Loretoyaco, 67 km (42 mi) from Leticia and 1,240 km (770 mi) from Bogotá. The average temperature is 30 °C (86 °F).
Climate
Puerto Nariño has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Puerto Nariño | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 349.7 (13.77) |
304.0 (11.97) |
300.9 (11.85) |
323.8 (12.75) |
290.7 (11.44) |
250.6 (9.87) |
151.8 (5.98) |
138.3 (5.44) |
193.2 (7.61) |
203.1 (8.00) |
193.2 (7.61) |
349.2 (13.75) |
3,048.5 (120.04) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 19 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 174 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
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