Río Quito is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.
Río Quito | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Río Quito in the Chocó Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°28′58″N 76°44′23″W / 5.48278°N 76.73972°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Chocó Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 70,000 km2 (30,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
• Total | 8,000 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
editRio Quito has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af). The following climate data is for Paimadó, the capital of the municipality.
| Climate data for Río Quito (San Isidro), elevation 45 m (148 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) | 30.0 (86.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 516.0 (20.31) |
469.6 (18.49) |
493.6 (19.43) |
601.8 (23.69) |
625.6 (24.63) |
648.3 (25.52) |
708.8 (27.91) |
723.9 (28.50) |
542.5 (21.36) |
507.4 (19.98) |
561.7 (22.11) |
501.8 (19.76) |
6,792.3 (267.41) |
| Average precipitation days | 24 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 288 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 90 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 88 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Manrique Reyes, Alfredo (November 29, 2011). "Rio Quito: a municipality of Choco that emerges from poverty and abandons corruption.(translated)". Radio Santa Fe. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "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.
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