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Saldaña, Colombia
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Saldaña, Colombia in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Saldaña, Colombia in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Tolima Department
Area
 • Total 214 km2 (83 sq mi)
Elevation
305 m (1,001 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total 14,329
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Saldaña is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. Saldaña is where nearly 30% of Colombian rice is grown, and most of them work in the rice business. The population of the municipality was 14,273 as of the 1993 census.

Climate

Climate data for Saldaña (Jabalcon), elevation 425 m (1,394 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.0
(91.4)
33.1
(91.6)
32.8
(91.0)
32.2
(90.0)
32.3
(90.1)
32.9
(91.2)
33.9
(93.0)
34.9
(94.8)
34.0
(93.2)
32.6
(90.7)
31.8
(89.2)
32.1
(89.8)
33.0
(91.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)
28.0
(82.4)
27.9
(82.2)
27.6
(81.7)
27.7
(81.9)
27.8
(82.0)
28.3
(82.9)
29.1
(84.4)
28.6
(83.5)
27.7
(81.9)
27.4
(81.3)
27.5
(81.5)
28.0
(82.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
22.3
(72.1)
22.3
(72.1)
22.3
(72.1)
22.7
(72.9)
22.4
(72.3)
22.1
(71.8)
22.3
(72.1)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 94.0
(3.70)
115.5
(4.55)
150.4
(5.92)
209.2
(8.24)
167.2
(6.58)
58.6
(2.31)
49.1
(1.93)
47.1
(1.85)
116.7
(4.59)
198.0
(7.80)
178.2
(7.02)
131.4
(5.17)
1,515.5
(59.67)
Average precipitation days 8 10 12 14 13 8 7 5 9 15 13 11 123
Average relative humidity (%) 74 74 75 78 76 73 68 63 67 75 77 78 73
Mean monthly sunshine hours 207.7 166.6 158.1 147.0 155.0 159.0 179.8 182.9 171.0 179.8 174.0 195.3 2,076.2
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.7 5.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8 6.3 5.7
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
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