La Palma, Cundinamarca

Municipality and town in Cundinamarca, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia

5°21′38″N 74°23′23″W / 5.36056°N 74.38972°W / 5.36056; -74.38972Country

ColombiaDepartment

CundinamarcaGovernment

• AlcaldeVirgilio Alfonso Galindo ObandoElevation

1,462 m (4,797 ft)Population

(Census 2018^[1])

• Metro

7,708Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

La Palma is a municipality and town in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Climate

Climate data for Yacopí^[a], elevation 1,347 m (4,419 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	24.5 (76.1)	24.8 (76.6)	24.7 (76.5)	25.0 (77.0)	25.2 (77.4)	25.4 (77.7)	25.7 (78.3)	26.2 (79.2)	25.7 (78.3)	25.0 (77.0)	24.5 (76.1)	24.5 (76.1)	25.1 (77.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	20.8 (69.4)	21.1 (70.0)	21.1 (70.0)	21.1 (70.0)	21.4 (70.5)	21.6 (70.9)	21.6 (70.9)	21.8 (71.2)	21.4 (70.5)	20.9 (69.6)	20.8 (69.4)	20.8 (69.4)	21.2 (70.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	17.1 (62.8)	17.2 (63.0)	17.3 (63.1)	17.5 (63.5)	17.5 (63.5)	17.6 (63.7)	17.4 (63.3)	17.6 (63.7)	17.3 (63.1)	17.1 (62.8)	17.3 (63.1)	17.4 (63.3)	17.4 (63.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	103.5 (4.07)	155.3 (6.11)	223.5 (8.80)	342.9 (13.50)	326.0 (12.83)	216.9 (8.54)	162.8 (6.41)	165.6 (6.52)	257.5 (10.14)	342.2 (13.47)	266.7 (10.50)	156.7 (6.17)	2,719.4 (107.06)
Average precipitation days	14	15	20	24	24	19	16	15	21	25	22	17	225
Average relative humidity (%)	89	88	88	89	89	86	82	83	86	89	90	90	88
Mean monthly sunshine hours	151.9	118.6	108.5	105.0	130.2	156.0	192.2	170.5	138.0	133.3	135.0	142.6	1,681.8
Mean daily sunshine hours	4.9	4.2	3.5	3.5	4.2	5.2	6.2	5.5	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[2]

^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.