Cajabamba, Peru
Town in Cajamarca, Peru
Cajabamba, Peru Kashapampa | |
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Town | |
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7°37′25.40″S 78°02′45.71″W / 7.6237222°S 78.0460306°W / -7.6237222; -78.0460306 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Cajamarca |
Province | Cajabamba |
District | Cajabamba |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carlos Alberto Urbina Burgos |
Elevation | 2,654 m (8,707 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Cajabamba is a town in Northern Peru and is the capital of the province of Cajabamba, in the region of Cajamarca.[1]
Climate
Cajabamba has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb)[2] with consistently mild temperatures. Cajabamba has a dry season from June to August.
Climate data for Cajabamba (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.9 (73.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.3 (50.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 10.3 (50.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 121.4 (4.78) | 148.9 (5.86) | 176.1 (6.93) | 103.8 (4.09) | 43.4 (1.71) | 9.2 (0.36) | 8.3 (0.33) | 7.7 (0.30) | 37.8 (1.49) | 96.0 (3.78) | 96.8 (3.81) | 142.4 (5.61) | 991.8 (39.05) |
Source: NOAA[3] |
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References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 12, 2008
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Cajabamba". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
7°37′25.40″S 78°02′45.71″W / 7.6237222°S 78.0460306°W / -7.6237222; -78.0460306
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