Paratebueno

Paratebueno is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is 90 km (56 mi) outside the capital city of Bogotá.

Paratebueno
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Paratebueno Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°22′31″N 73°12′47″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Population  (2015)
• Total	7,726
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Population

There were 8,043 residents as of the 2018 census, updated November 2019.^[1]

Earthquake

On June 8, 2025, Paratebueno was the epicenter of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.^[2] Hundreds of homes, as well as multiple schools and churches, were damaged in the Santa Cecilia area of Paratebueno and in the nearby town of Medina.^[3]

Climate

Paratebueno has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy to very heavy rainfall in all months except January.

Climate data for Paratebueno (Japon El), elevation 280 m (920 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.6 (90.7)	33.2 (91.8)	32.3 (90.1)	30.9 (87.6)	30.1 (86.2)	29.1 (84.4)	29.0 (84.2)	29.9 (85.8)	30.7 (87.3)	31.0 (87.8)	30.8 (87.4)	31.2 (88.2)	30.9 (87.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.3 (81.1)	27.8 (82.0)	27.3 (81.1)	26.1 (79.0)	25.5 (77.9)	24.8 (76.6)	24.4 (75.9)	25.1 (77.2)	25.7 (78.3)	26.0 (78.8)	26.1 (79.0)	26.6 (79.9)	26.1 (79.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.6 (70.9)	22.1 (71.8)	22.5 (72.5)	22.0 (71.6)	21.8 (71.2)	21.5 (70.7)	21.1 (70.0)	21.3 (70.3)	21.6 (70.9)	21.7 (71.1)	22.0 (71.6)	21.8 (71.2)	21.7 (71.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	51.6 (2.03)	102.5 (4.04)	170.8 (6.72)	450.6 (17.74)	560.1 (22.05)	482.1 (18.98)	446.2 (17.57)	346.0 (13.62)	338.2 (13.31)	418.6 (16.48)	328.0 (12.91)	119.4 (4.70)	3,753.2 (147.76)
Average precipitation days	5	7	12	21	25	25	25	22	19	20	18	10	203
Average relative humidity (%)	69	67	72	80	83	85	84	82	80	80	80	76	78
Mean monthly sunshine hours	173.6	141.2	111.6	99.0	108.5	93.0	108.5	127.1	150.0	155.0	144.0	161.2	1,572.7
Mean daily sunshine hours	5.6	5.0	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.5	4.1	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.2	4.3
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4]