Pomabamba

This article is about the town Pomobamba in Peru. For information on the province and the district with the same name, see, Pomabamba (disambiguation).

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain,^[1] "cougar plain") is a town in the Pomabamba District of the Pomabamba Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.

Pomabamba Pumapampa
Village
Pomabamba
Nickname:  City of the Cedars
Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Pomabamba
District	Pomabamba
Founded	1574
Government
• Mayor	Edgard Alcídes Vía Melgarejo
Elevation	2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
• Total	5,667
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Website	munipomabamba.gob.pe

Climate

Climate data for Pomabamba, elevation 2,985 m (9,793 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21.6 (70.9)	21.3 (70.3)	20.9 (69.6)	21.2 (70.2)	21.9 (71.4)	21.9 (71.4)	22.1 (71.8)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.3 (72.1)	22.7 (72.9)	21.7 (71.1)	21.9 (71.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.3 (45.1)	7.6 (45.7)	7.5 (45.5)	7.4 (45.3)	6.1 (43.0)	4.4 (39.9)	3.9 (39.0)	4.5 (40.1)	5.9 (42.6)	6.8 (44.2)	7.0 (44.6)	7.4 (45.3)	6.3 (43.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	140.9 (5.55)	133.2 (5.24)	148.2 (5.83)	102.7 (4.04)	40.0 (1.57)	12.0 (0.47)	6.8 (0.27)	10.5 (0.41)	36.6 (1.44)	99.7 (3.93)	91.6 (3.61)	145.2 (5.72)	967.4 (38.08)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[2]