| Samaná, Caldas | |
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| Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Samaná, Caldas in the Caldas Department of Colombia. | |
  Samaná, CaldasLocation in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°24′47″N 74°59′34″W / 5.41306°N 74.99278°W / 5.41306; -74.99278 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Caldas Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 761.02 km (293.83 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 17,466 |
| • Density | 23/km (59/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | samana-caldas.gov.co |
Samaná is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas.
It is about 220 km north west of Bogota.
Facilities include the Parque Simon Bolívar park and the Fundacion Batuta Caldas academy of music.
Climate
Samaná has a relatively cool due to altitude and very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). It is the wettest place in the department of Caldas.
| Climate data for Samaná, elevation 1,475 m (4,839 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) | 21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 579.5 (22.81) |
489.1 (19.26) |
589.6 (23.21) |
653.0 (25.71) |
628.9 (24.76) |
332.5 (13.09) |
263.1 (10.36) |
310.0 (12.20) |
530.2 (20.87) |
794.7 (31.29) |
836.4 (32.93) |
810.3 (31.90) |
6,817.4 (268.40) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 93 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 86 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 94 | 94 | 91 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86.8 | 79.0 | 58.9 | 69.0 | 93.0 | 141.0 | 179.8 | 167.4 | 120.0 | 74.4 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 1,191.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
References
- "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Fundacion Batuta Caldas". Batuta Caldas.
- "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
| Caldas Department | |||||||||||||
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| Capital: Manizales | |||||||||||||
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5°35′N 74°55′W / 5.583°N 74.917°W / 5.583; -74.917
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