Litoral del San Juan is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

Litoral del San Juan
Municipality and town
Flag of Litoral del San Juan
Official seal of Litoral del San Juan
Location of the municipality and town of Litoral del Sanjuán in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Litoral del Sanjuán in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Area
 • Total3,755 km2 (1,450 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018[2])
 • Total11,579
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Climate

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Litoral del San Juan has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round. The following climate data is for Santa Genoveva de Docordó, the capital of the municipality.

Climate data for Docordó
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.3
(84.7)
29.6
(85.3)
29.9
(85.8)
30.0
(86.0)
29.9
(85.8)
29.6
(85.3)
29.4
(84.9)
29.0
(84.2)
28.6
(83.5)
28.1
(82.6)
28.3
(82.9)
28.6
(83.5)
29.2
(84.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.8
(78.4)
25.9
(78.6)
26.2
(79.2)
26.3
(79.3)
26.3
(79.3)
26.0
(78.8)
25.9
(78.6)
25.7
(78.3)
25.4
(77.7)
25.1
(77.2)
25.2
(77.4)
25.5
(77.9)
25.8
(78.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1)
22.3
(72.1)
22.6
(72.7)
22.6
(72.7)
22.7
(72.9)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.3
(72.1)
22.2
(72.0)
22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 374
(14.7)
311
(12.2)
365
(14.4)
476
(18.7)
630
(24.8)
640
(25.2)
660
(26.0)
733
(28.9)
794
(31.3)
802
(31.6)
767
(30.2)
601
(23.7)
7,153
(281.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Climate: Docordó". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

4°15′31″N 77°22′03″W / 4.25861°N 77.3675°W / 4.25861; -77.3675