Gómez Plata

Gómez Plata is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia.

Gómez Plata
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Gómez Plata
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°40′54″N 75°13′5″W
Country Colombia
Department Antioquia Department
SubregionNorthern
Area
 • Total360 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018[2])
 • Total8,235
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Climate

Gómez Plata has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year round.

Climate data for Gómez Plata
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 24.5
(76.1)		 24.9
(76.8)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.1
(77.2)		 24.9
(76.8)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.3
(77.5)		 24.8
(76.6)		 24.1
(75.4)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.9
(76.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.6
(67.3)		 19.9
(67.8)		 20.5
(68.9)		 20.8
(69.4)		 20.5
(68.9)		 20.1
(68.2)		 20.4
(68.7)		 20.0
(68.0)		 19.7
(67.5)		 19.6
(67.3)		 19.2
(66.6)		 19.2
(66.6)		 20.0
(67.9)
Average low °C (°F) 14.8
(58.6)		 15.0
(59.0)		 15.7
(60.3)		 16.2
(61.2)		 16.0
(60.8)		 15.4
(59.7)		 15.1
(59.2)		 14.8
(58.6)		 14.7
(58.5)		 15.1
(59.2)		 14.8
(58.6)		 13.9
(57.0)		 15.1
(59.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 83.7
(3.30)		 114.9
(4.52)		 188.5
(7.42)		 343.8
(13.54)		 438.9
(17.28)		 327.0
(12.87)		 304.7
(12.00)		 333.3
(13.12)		 406.4
(16.00)		 381.3
(15.01)		 274.2
(10.80)		 149.1
(5.87)		 3,345.8
(131.73)
Average rainy days 7 9 13 19 20 16 16 18 20 20 16 11 185
Source 1: [3]
Source 2: [4]

References
  1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
  4. https://en.climate-data.org/south-america/colombia/antioquia/gomez-plata-47701/?amp=true


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