Gómez Plata

Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia
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Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
6°40′54″N 75°13′5″W / 6.68167°N 75.21806°W / 6.68167; -75.21806Country ColombiaDepartment Antioquia DepartmentSubregionNorthernArea • Total360 km2 (140 sq mi)Population
 (Census 2018[2])
 • Total8,235 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Gómez Plata is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia. The population was 8,235 at the 2018 census.

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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Gómez Plata climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Gómez Plata weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
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Antioquia Department
Capital: Medellín
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Bajo Cauca
Magdalena Medio
Urabá
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6°41′N 75°13′W / 6.683°N 75.217°W / 6.683; -75.217


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