Bolívar, Santander

Municipality and town in Santander Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Bolívar in the Santander Department of Colombia.

Country

ColombiaDepartmentSantander DepartmentArea

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• Total1,419 km² (548 sq mi)Population

(Census 2018^[2])

• Total9,567 • Density6.7/km² (17/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateCfb

Bolívar is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.

Climate

Bolívar has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb) with heavy rainfall year round.

Climate data for Bolívar
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	21.9 (71.4)	21.6 (70.9)	21.4 (70.5)	21.7 (71.1)	21.7 (71.1)	21.7 (71.1)	21.2 (70.2)	21.4 (70.5)	21.7 (71.1)	21.8 (71.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	16.5 (61.7)	16.8 (62.2)	17.0 (62.6)	17.1 (62.8)	17.0 (62.6)	16.6 (61.9)	16.4 (61.5)	16.4 (61.5)	16.5 (61.7)	16.5 (61.7)	16.6 (61.9)	16.4 (61.5)	16.7 (62.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	10.8 (51.4)	11.3 (52.3)	11.7 (53.1)	12.3 (54.1)	12.4 (54.3)	11.8 (53.2)	11.1 (52.0)	11.1 (52.0)	11.4 (52.5)	11.9 (53.4)	11.9 (53.4)	11.1 (52.0)	11.6 (52.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	66.8 (2.63)	96.1 (3.78)	148.4 (5.84)	277.0 (10.91)	329.6 (12.98)	222.1 (8.74)	204.5 (8.05)	220.0 (8.66)	278.8 (10.98)	292.8 (11.53)	207.5 (8.17)	98.9 (3.89)	2,442.5 (96.16)
Average rainy days	10	12	15	22	23	18	18	18	20	23	19	13	211
Source 1: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]
Source 2: ^[4]

^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Climate Bolívar". Climate.Data.org.