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Monte Caseros
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 Monte Caseros
Location in Argentina
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| Country |  Argentina |
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| Province |  Corrientes |
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| Department | Monte Caseros | |
| Population
(2010 census)
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| • Total | 23,470 | |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) | |
| CPA base |
W3220
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| Dialing code | +54 3775 | |
Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 37,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name, which comprises also the municipalities of Colonia Libertad, Juan Pujol and Mocoretá.
Geography
The city lies on the west bank of the Uruguay River, opposite Bella Unión, Uruguay, about 440 km east-southeast of the provincial capital (Corrientes) and 640 km north of Buenos Aires.
Climate
| Climate data for Monte Caseros (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.7 (107.1) |
42.1 (107.8) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.1 (102.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
39.8 (103.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.4 (6.20) |
140.6 (5.54) |
136.8 (5.39) |
197.2 (7.76) |
114.7 (4.52) |
82.3 (3.24) |
61.7 (2.43) |
64.5 (2.54) |
91.9 (3.62) |
157.6 (6.20) |
149.1 (5.87) |
167.3 (6.59) |
1,521.1 (59.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 97.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68.4 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 78.0 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 78.3 | 73.7 | 72.5 | 73.0 | 68.1 | 67.5 | 74.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 285.9 | 232.7 | 241.8 | 188.9 | 178.1 | 146.7 | 165.0 | 178.6 | 188.8 | 224.8 | 256.9 | 271.5 | 2,594.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 59 |
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (sunshine hours 1981–2010), NOAA (percent sun 1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Monte Caseros para niños
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