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Puerres
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Location of the municipality and town of Puerres in the Nariño Department of Colombia.
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Department | Nariño Department | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 8,979 | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) | |
Puerres is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.
Climate
Puerres has a comfortable subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb) with moderate rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Monopamba, Puerres, elevation 1,776 m (5,827 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
17 (63) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 200.9 (7.91) |
189.0 (7.44) |
199.6 (7.86) |
269.5 (10.61) |
342.6 (13.49) |
417.6 (16.44) |
428.0 (16.85) |
363.1 (14.30) |
245.5 (9.67) |
179.1 (7.05) |
153.9 (6.06) |
192.6 (7.58) |
3,168 (124.72) |
| Average precipitation days | 24 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 305 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 90 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.7 | 59.3 | 49.6 | 51.0 | 52.7 | 39.0 | 40.3 | 46.5 | 60.0 | 80.6 | 96.0 | 89.9 | 748.6 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
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