Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°21′00″N 91°01′00″W / 14.35000°N 91.01667°W / 14.35000; -91.01667Coordinates: 14°21′00″N 91°01′00″W / 14.35000°N 91.01667°W / 14.35000; -91.01667
Country  Guatemala
Department Escuintla Department
Area
 • Total 167 sq mi (432 km2)
Elevation 1,220 ft (372 m)
Population
 • Total 125,471
Climate Am

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta luˈsi.a kotsumalˈɣwapa]) is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.

The municipality includes the Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone, including the pre-Columbian archaeological sites of El Baúl and Bilbao.

Climate

Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am).

Climate data for Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3)		 31.8
(89.2)		 32.9
(91.2)		 32.9
(91.2)		 32.4
(90.3)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.3
(88.3)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.5
(86.9)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.5
(88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.7
(76.5)		 25.2
(77.4)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.1
(79)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.0
(78.8)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.0
(77)		 24.9
(76.8)		 25.7
(78.3)
Average low °C (°F) 18.2
(64.8)		 18.7
(65.7)		 19.7
(67.5)		 20.5
(68.9)		 21.0
(69.8)		 20.8
(69.4)		 20.7
(69.3)		 20.7
(69.3)		 20.7
(69.3)		 20.3
(68.5)		 19.6
(67.3)		 18.9
(66)		 20
(68)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12
(0.47)		 16
(0.63)		 41
(1.61)		 114
(4.49)		 351
(13.82)		 517
(20.35)		 415
(16.34)		 437
(17.2)		 574
(22.6)		 502
(19.76)		 149
(5.87)		 28
(1.1)		 3,156
(124.24)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

Geographic location

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Climate: Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 SEGEPLAN. "Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala". Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.


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