Cerrillos, Salta facts for kids
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Cerrillos
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 Cerrillos
Location in Salta Province
Cerrillos
Location in Argentina
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Salta |
| Department | Cerrillos |
| Population | |
| • Total | 17,634 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base |
A4403
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| Dialing code | +54 387 |
| Climate | Cwb |
Cerrillos is a city in the province of Salta, Argentina. It has about 18,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], and it is the head town of the Cerrillos Department. It is located just 15 km south of the city of Salta, capital of the province.
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Cerrillos, Salta (1969–2009) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.6 (99.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.2 (97.2) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.9 (100.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 184.6 (7.27) |
131.5 (5.18) |
105.0 (4.13) |
26.8 (1.06) |
7.6 (0.30) |
2.3 (0.09) |
3.4 (0.13) |
3.7 (0.15) |
6.8 (0.27) |
23.7 (0.93) |
60.0 (2.36) |
132.5 (5.22) |
688.0 (27.09) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 72 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 166.7 | 151.9 | 150.0 | 164.3 | 168.0 | 204.6 | 217.0 | 210.0 | 217.0 | 204.0 | 207.7 | 2,256.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 46 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 55 | 51 | 49 | 51 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Cerrillos (Argentina) para niños
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