Monteiro is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] It is the largest municipality in the state in terms of area.
Monteiro | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Terra de Esperanças" (Land of Hopes) | |
 Location of Monteiro in Paraíba and Brazil | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Paraíba |
| Mesoregion | Boborema |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 33,433 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Monteiro (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.7 (2.31) |
83.5 (3.29) |
113.3 (4.46) |
96.0 (3.78) |
113.8 (4.48) |
48.2 (1.90) |
36.0 (1.42) |
18.8 (0.74) |
7.8 (0.31) |
21.6 (0.85) |
15.6 (0.61) |
38.2 (1.50) |
651.5 (25.65) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 52 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61.9 | 66.6 | 71.8 | 76.2 | 77.7 | 78.4 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 63.6 | 60.1 | 58.8 | 60.0 | 68.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 235.9 | 212.2 | 227.7 | 210.9 | 198.6 | 181.2 | 193.3 | 231.4 | 266.4 | 280.7 | 277.4 | 247.6 | 2,763.3 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[6] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
7°53′20″S 37°07′12″W / 7.88889°S 37.12°W
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