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Unguía
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Unguía in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Unguía in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Chocó Department
Area
 • Total 1,307 km2 (505 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018)
 • Total 12,192
 • Density 9.328/km2 (24.160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Unguía is a municipality and town in the far north of the Chocó Department, Colombia.

Climate

Unguía has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy rainfall from April to December and little to moderate rainfall from January to March. It is the driest place in the extremely wet department of Chocó with only 2,392 millimetres or 94.2 inches of rain.

Climate data for Unguía town
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.4
(86.7)
30.7
(87.3)
31.1
(88.0)
31.4
(88.5)
29.9
(85.8)
30.2
(86.4)
30.5
(86.9)
30.3
(86.5)
30.1
(86.2)
29.8
(85.6)
29.8
(85.6)
30.0
(86.0)
30.4
(86.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)
26.6
(79.9)
26.9
(80.4)
27.1
(80.8)
26.2
(79.2)
26.3
(79.3)
26.6
(79.9)
26.3
(79.3)
26.3
(79.3)
26.1
(79.0)
26.1
(79.0)
26.1
(79.0)
26.4
(79.5)
Average low °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)
22.5
(72.5)
22.8
(73.0)
22.8
(73.0)
22.6
(72.7)
22.5
(72.5)
22.7
(72.9)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.2
(72.0)
22.5
(72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 50
(2.0)
69
(2.7)
85
(3.3)
195
(7.7)
301
(11.9)
273
(10.7)
267
(10.5)
255
(10.0)
213
(8.4)
264
(10.4)
235
(9.3)
185
(7.3)
2,392
(94.2)
Average rainy days 3 3 4 7 12 12 13 13 10 11 11 8 107

See also

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