Valparaíso, Caquetá
Municipality and town in Caquetá Department, Colombia
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Valparaíso (Spanish pronunciation: [balpaɾaˈiso]) is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia.
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Valparaíso, Caquetá | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Valparaíso, Caquetá in the Caquetá Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Caquetá Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,218 km2 (470 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 6,082 |
| • Density | 4.993/km2 (12.93/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Valparaíso has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Valparaíso, elevation 270 m (890 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) | 32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.0 (4.92) |
212.4 (8.36) |
282.0 (11.10) |
388.2 (15.28) |
360.7 (14.20) |
351.0 (13.82) |
332.8 (13.10) |
237.2 (9.34) |
218.1 (8.59) |
230.7 (9.08) |
214.3 (8.44) |
129.9 (5.11) |
3,082.3 (121.34) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.0 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 193 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80.6 | 81.9 | 84.2 | 86.2 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 86.0 | 84.3 | 83.4 | 83.0 | 83.4 | 81.6 | 84.0 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
