Orito
Orito | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Country | Colombia |
Department | Putumayo Department |
Founded | 1963 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Manuel Eduardo Ocoro Carabali |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 1,862.36 km2 (719.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Municipality and town | 57,774 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
• Urban | 26,017 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Orito is a town and municipality in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia. The town is just south of the confluence of the and . It is 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of the border with Ecuador.
The town is served by Orito Airport.
Climate[]
Orito has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Orito | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.8 (67.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 235.8 (9.28) |
256.0 (10.08) |
366.6 (14.43) |
404.0 (15.91) |
406.4 (16.00) |
352.4 (13.87) |
305.2 (12.02) |
233.8 (9.20) |
248.9 (9.80) |
306.2 (12.06) |
321.2 (12.65) |
303.2 (11.94) |
3,739.7 (147.24) |
Average rainy days | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 203 |
Source 1: IDEAM[1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2] |
References[]
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Climate: Orito". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
Coordinates: 0°39′58″N 76°52′15″W / 0.66611°N 76.87083°W
Categories:
- Municipalities of Putumayo Department
- Amazonia Region (Colombia) geography stubs