Bacabal | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Maranhão state | |
  Bacabal Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:4°13′30″S44°46′48″W / 4.22500°S 44.78000°W /-4.22500; -44.78000 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Maranhão |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 104,633 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Bacabal is a city inMaranhão, Brazil. It is located approximately 250 km south of the state capitalSão Luís. The city proper has a population of 104,633 (IBGE 2018 estimate).[1] It is the seat of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal.[2]
The municipality contains a small part of theBaixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[3]
| Climate data for Bacabal (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) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 36.2 (97.2) | 35.6 (96.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.8 (92.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.8 (82.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.2 (73.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 263.8 (10.39) | 263.8 (10.39) | 390.4 (15.37) | 358.4 (14.11) | 195.0 (7.68) | 54.6 (2.15) | 17.9 (0.70) | 14.6 (0.57) | 10.6 (0.42) | 35.4 (1.39) | 67.8 (2.67) | 135.3 (5.33) | 1,807.6 (71.17) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 16 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 115 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82.0 | 83.7 | 84.8 | 85.1 | 80.8 | 76.9 | 73.4 | 68.3 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 68.5 | 74.8 | 75.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 155.4 | 138.4 | 140.6 | 148.6 | 199.1 | 241.3 | 262.1 | 272.3 | 241.2 | 214.5 | 186.4 | 176.9 | 2,376.8 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[4] | |||||||||||||
2018 Estimates of Population
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