La Pedrera is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Amazonas. The town in on the southern bank of the Caquetá River, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Brazil.
La Pedrera | |
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Municipality and town | |
![]() Location of the municipality and town of La Pedrera, Amazonas in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
![]() ![]() La Pedrera Location in Colombia | |
Coordinates: 1°19′S 69°34′W | |
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Department | ![]() |
Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,711 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
It is served by La Pedrera Airport.
La Pedrera has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for La Pedrera | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.3 (86.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 316.3 (12.45) |
270.4 (10.65) |
423.8 (16.69) |
398.9 (15.70) |
426.4 (16.79) |
359.9 (14.17) |
335.7 (13.22) |
293.3 (11.55) |
253.9 (10.00) |
250.2 (9.85) |
304.1 (11.97) |
301.2 (11.86) |
3,934.1 (154.9) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 161 |
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Source 2: [2] |
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