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Pato Branco | |
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| Municipality of Pato Branco | |
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 Location in Paraná | |
  Pato Branco Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:25°12′46″S50°58′40″W / 25.21278°S 50.97778°W /-25.21278; -50.97778 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State |  Paraná |
| Founded | 14 December 1952 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robson Cantu (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 539.087 km2 (208.143 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
| Population (2021 est.)[1] | |
• Total | 84,779 |
| • Density | 157.26/km2 (407.31/sq mi) |
| Demonym | pato-branquense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal code | 85500-000 to 85513-999 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.782 –high[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Pato Branco ("White Duck" in English) is amunicipality in the state ofParaná in Brazil. The municipality covers 537,8 km2 (206.7 mi2) and has a population of 83,843 (2020IBGE estimate).[4] Pato Branco started off as a village in 1942 and was given status as a city December 14, 1952. It has two private colleges,Faculdade Mater Dei andFaculdade de Pato Branco, and a campus of theFederal University of Technology - Paraná. The city has experienced a positive economic development throughout the last few years.
Pato Branco is located 760 meters above sea level and has a sub-tropical climate with warm summers and mild winters, morning frost being usual during the winter season. Occasional snowfall. There is no defined period of drought. The coldest month of the year is July with an average temperature of 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). January is the warmest month with an average of 22.5 °C (72.5 °F).
The current mayor (elected for 2021–2024) is Robson Cantu.[5]
The city has a small commercial airport with flights toCuritiba (Juvenal Loureiro Cardoso Airport).
Former Brazil International footballer,Alexandre Pato is from the city. He notably played in Europe for the likes ofChelsea FC &AC Milan.Rogério Ceni, a notable goalkeeper that won the2002 FIFA World Cup and as of 2022, he own the record of most goals scored by a goalkeeper, with 131 goals also was born in the city.
According to theKöppen climate classification, Pato Branco is classified asoceanic climate (Köppen climate classification:Cfb), the annual temperature on summer is 28°C, on winter, the temperature reaches to 12°C, rarely below 5°C.
| Climate data for Pato Branco, elevation 700 m (2,300 ft), (1979–2016) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.6 (97.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.7 (98.1) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.1 (77.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 18.8 (65.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 14.4 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.6 (38.5) | 0.8 (33.4) | −0.2 (31.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | −3.5 (25.7) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.6 (34.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | −4.0 (24.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 189.2 (7.45) | 178.2 (7.02) | 146.7 (5.78) | 174.8 (6.88) | 194.0 (7.64) | 170.3 (6.70) | 145.3 (5.72) | 115.2 (4.54) | 170.3 (6.70) | 241.5 (9.51) | 180.3 (7.10) | 192.1 (7.56) | 2,097.9 (82.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 134 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 238.2 | 199.3 | 230.5 | 205.9 | 191.5 | 171.5 | 199.3 | 212.5 | 193.7 | 205.2 | 230.8 | 230.8 | 2,509.2 |
| Source: IDR-Paraná[6] | |||||||||||||
