Concepción is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.
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Concepción | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Seal | |
Location of the municipality and town of Concepción in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
Concepción Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 6°23′42″N 75°15′30″W | |
| Country | |
| Department | Antioquia Department |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |

The village was declared "cultural and historical heritage of the nation" in 1999, for its stone streets and its exceptional state of conservation.
Concepción has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Concepción | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.6 (58.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 91.5 (3.60) |
133.6 (5.26) |
185.7 (7.31) |
308.3 (12.14) |
359.1 (14.14) |
291.1 (11.46) |
323.0 (12.72) |
303.4 (11.94) |
343.1 (13.51) |
346.8 (13.65) |
243.0 (9.57) |
127.1 (5.00) |
3,055.7 (120.3) |
| Average rainy days | 10 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 214 |
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