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Prado, Tolima
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Prado, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Prado, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Tolima Department
Area
 • Total 448 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation
321 m (1,053 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total 7,607
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Prado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpɾaðo]) is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 9,291 as of the 1993 census.

Climate

Climate data for Prado (Pst de Monta), elevation 349 m (1,145 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.1
(91.6)
33.4
(92.1)
32.7
(90.9)
32.4
(90.3)
32.6
(90.7)
33.2
(91.8)
34.2
(93.6)
35.0
(95.0)
34.5
(94.1)
33.2
(91.8)
32.0
(89.6)
32.2
(90.0)
33.2
(91.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)
28.0
(82.4)
27.8
(82.0)
27.5
(81.5)
27.6
(81.7)
27.8
(82.0)
28.2
(82.8)
29.0
(84.2)
28.8
(83.8)
28.0
(82.4)
27.5
(81.5)
27.6
(81.7)
28.0
(82.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
21.9
(71.4)
21.3
(70.3)
21.6
(70.9)
22.0
(71.6)
22.2
(72.0)
22.3
(72.1)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98.5
(3.88)
137.1
(5.40)
209.3
(8.24)
193.5
(7.62)
139.5
(5.49)
61.4
(2.42)
39.4
(1.55)
38.6
(1.52)
116.8
(4.60)
240.5
(9.47)
251.6
(9.91)
207.3
(8.16)
1,714.1
(67.48)
Average precipitation days 8 10 13 14 11 9 6 5 9 14 15 12 122
Average relative humidity (%) 77 76 77 79 79 76 72 66 69 75 79 79 75
Mean monthly sunshine hours 201.5 163.7 148.8 138.0 148.8 162.0 179.8 182.9 162.0 176.7 171.0 186.0 2,021.2
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.5 5.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.5
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
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