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Chiscas | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Chiscas in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Gutiérrez Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Camilo Andrés Caicedo Silva(2020-2023) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Chiscas is a town and municipality in theColombianDepartment ofBoyacá, part of the subregion of theGutiérrez Province.
Chiscas has asubtropical highland climate (Köppen:Cfb)[1] with frequent rain and consistently mild temperatures.
| Climate data for Chiscas, elevation 2,350 m (7,710 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) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.9 (62.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 10.7 (51.3) | 10.6 (51.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 38.0 (1.50) | 54.4 (2.14) | 87.1 (3.43) | 153.7 (6.05) | 173.7 (6.84) | 110.5 (4.35) | 94.0 (3.70) | 102.7 (4.04) | 131.8 (5.19) | 178.4 (7.02) | 136.9 (5.39) | 55.5 (2.19) | 1,316.7 (51.84) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 235 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 64 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 71 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 244.9 | 200.4 | 186.0 | 147.0 | 142.6 | 129.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 141.0 | 151.9 | 168.0 | 220.1 | 2,040.9 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
6°32′N72°30′W / 6.533°N 72.500°W /6.533; -72.500
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