El Calvario
Municipality and town
Flag of El Calvario
Official seal of El Calvario
Location of the municipality and town of El Calvario in the Meta Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of El Calvario in the Meta Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentMeta Department
Elevation
1,987 m (6,519 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAf/Cfb

El Calvario is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. It was the epicenter of the 2008 Colombia earthquake.

Climate

El Calvario has a borderline subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb)/tropical rainforest climate (Af) with mild mornings, warm afternoons and heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for El Calvario
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 23.8
(74.8)
24.1
(75.4)
24.1
(75.4)
23.5
(74.3)
23.0
(73.4)
22.1
(71.8)
22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.8
(73.0)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.1
(64.6)
18.6
(65.5)
19.2
(66.6)
19.0
(66.2)
18.8
(65.8)
18.1
(64.6)
18.1
(64.6)
18.0
(64.4)
18.0
(64.4)
18.3
(64.9)
18.2
(64.8)
17.9
(64.2)
18.4
(65.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.4
(54.3)
13.1
(55.6)
14.3
(57.7)
14.6
(58.3)
14.6
(58.3)
14.2
(57.6)
14.0
(57.2)
13.7
(56.7)
13.3
(55.9)
13.6
(56.5)
13.5
(56.3)
12.8
(55.0)
13.7
(56.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 66.3
(2.61)
112.4
(4.43)
134.2
(5.28)
345.7
(13.61)
427.3
(16.82)
452.1
(17.80)
521.2
(20.52)
431.9
(17.00)
274.4
(10.80)
221.2
(8.71)
166.6
(6.56)
82.2
(3.24)
3,235.5
(127.38)
Average rainy days 8 10 14 22 25 25 27 25 22 20 17 11 226
Source 1: IDEAM[1]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2]

References

  1. "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. "Climate: El Calvario". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

4°25′N 73°40′W / 4.417°N 73.667°W / 4.417; -73.667


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