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La Sierra, Cauca | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of La Sierra, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Cauca Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 217 km2 (84 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 9,935 |
| • Density | 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Cfb |
La Sierra is a town and municipality in theCauca Department,Colombia.
La Sierra has asubtropical highland climate (KöppenCfb) with pleasant mornings and warm afternoons year-round, accompanied by moderate to little rainfall from June to September and heavy to very heavy rainfall from October to May.
| Climate data for La Sierra (Sierra La), elevation 1,870 m (6,140 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) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.3 (72.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 296.7 (11.68) | 201.4 (7.93) | 233.8 (9.20) | 225.6 (8.88) | 182.7 (7.19) | 76.6 (3.02) | 39.6 (1.56) | 41.4 (1.63) | 106.1 (4.18) | 309.9 (12.20) | 399.0 (15.71) | 372.2 (14.65) | 2,485.1 (97.84) |
| Average precipitation days | 19 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 214 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 83 | 89 | 90 | 84 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 133.3 | 110.1 | 108.5 | 99.0 | 111.6 | 135.0 | 164.3 | 170.5 | 132.0 | 114.7 | 99.0 | 114.7 | 1,492.7 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
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