San José del Guaviare

San José del Guaviare
San José del Guaviare
Municipality and town
	Aerial view of San José del Guaviare
	Flag Seal
	Location of the municipality and town of San José del Guaviare in the Guaviare Department of Colombia.
	San José del Guaviare Location in Colombia
	Coordinates: 2°34′N 72°38′W
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazon Region
Department	Guaviare Department
Founded	1960
Government
• Mayor	Ramón Rojas Guevara
Area
• Municipality and town	16,769 km2 (6,475 sq mi)
• Urban	6.17 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Elevation	185 m (607 ft)
Population (2018 census)
• Municipality and town	52,815
• Density	3.1/km2 (8.2/sq mi)
• Urban	36,254
• Urban density	5,900/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Guaviarenses
Time zone	UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time)
Postal code	950001-9
Area code	57 + 9
Climate	Am
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

San José del Guaviare (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse ðel ɣwaˈβja.ɾe]) is a town and municipality in Colombia, capital of the department of Guaviare by the Guaviare River. It is home to some of the deisolated Nunak people.

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Climate data for San José del Guaviare, elevation 165 m (541 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.4 (92.1)	33.5 (92.3)	32.9 (91.2)	31.5 (88.7)	30.7 (87.3)	29.9 (85.8)	29.7 (85.5)	30.6 (87.1)	31.5 (88.7)	31.6 (88.9)	31.5 (88.7)	32.2 (90.0)	31.6 (88.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.3 (79.3)	26.7 (80.1)	26.4 (79.5)	25.9 (78.6)	25.4 (77.7)	24.7 (76.5)	24.6 (76.3)	25.1 (77.2)	25.5 (77.9)	25.7 (78.3)	25.8 (78.4)	26.1 (79.0)	25.7 (78.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.2 (70.2)	21.4 (70.5)	21.9 (71.4)	22.4 (72.3)	22.2 (72.0)	21.9 (71.4)	21.5 (70.7)	21.6 (70.9)	21.9 (71.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.2 (72.0)	21.7 (71.1)	21.8 (71.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	44.6 (1.76)	94.0 (3.70)	153.2 (6.03)	319.7 (12.59)	353.6 (13.92)	355.0 (13.98)	334.9 (13.19)	273.1 (10.75)	237.1 (9.33)	235.4 (9.27)	225.0 (8.86)	99.9 (3.93)	2,725.6 (107.31)
Average precipitation days	6	8	13	19	21	24	22	21	17	17	16	10	188
Average relative humidity (%)	80	80	82	87	89	90	89	88	86	86	87	84	86
Mean monthly sunshine hours	189.1	155.3	139.5	120.0	102.3	96.0	114.7	133.3	156.0	155.0	150.0	164.3	1,675.5
Mean daily sunshine hours	6.1	5.5	4.5	4.0	3.3	3.2	3.7	4.3	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.3	4.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]

Climate data for San José del Guaviare (Trueno El), elevation 150 m (490 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.9 (91.2)	33.5 (92.3)	32.7 (90.9)	31.4 (88.5)	30.6 (87.1)	29.8 (85.6)	29.5 (85.1)	30.6 (87.1)	31.5 (88.7)	31.6 (88.9)	31.3 (88.3)	31.6 (88.9)	31.4 (88.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.2 (79.2)	26.4 (79.5)	26.0 (78.8)	25.5 (77.9)	25.0 (77.0)	24.4 (75.9)	24.1 (75.4)	24.5 (76.1)	25.0 (77.0)	25.3 (77.5)	25.3 (77.5)	25.7 (78.3)	25.3 (77.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.8 (69.4)	21.0 (69.8)	21.7 (71.1)	21.8 (71.2)	21.7 (71.1)	21.1 (70.0)	20.8 (69.4)	20.9 (69.6)	21.1 (70.0)	21.4 (70.5)	21.5 (70.7)	21.2 (70.2)	21.2 (70.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	58.7 (2.31)	84.1 (3.31)	193.6 (7.62)	308.3 (12.14)	377.2 (14.85)	370.9 (14.60)	350.1 (13.78)	273.1 (10.75)	239.3 (9.42)	278.9 (10.98)	208.6 (8.21)	122.4 (4.82)	2,762.1 (108.74)
Average precipitation days	6	7	14	19	23	24	24	22	19	19	17	11	197
Average relative humidity (%)	79	79	83	89	90	90	90	90	88	87	89	85	87
Mean monthly sunshine hours	182.9	146.8	124.0	102.0	102.3	90.0	105.4	120.9	144.0	145.7	138.0	155.0	1,557
Mean daily sunshine hours	5.9	5.2	4.0	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.4	3.9	4.8	4.7	4.6	5.0	4.3
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]

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