Francisco Pizarro, Nariño facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Francisco Pizarro, Nariño
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Municipality and town
|
|||
|
|||
Location of the municipality and town of Francisco Pizarro, Nariño in the Nariño Department of Colombia.
|
|||
| Country |  Colombia |
||
| Department | Nariño Department | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 956 km2 (369 sq mi) | ||
| Population
(Census 2018)
|
|||
| • Total | 7,430 | ||
| • Density | 7.772/km2 (20.129/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) | ||
.svg)
.svg)
Francisco Pizarro is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia named after the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro.
Isla del Gallo, where the Famous Thirteen decided to continue the exploration of Peru, belongs to this municipality.
Climate
Francisco Pizarro has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af).
| Climate data for Francisco Pizarro | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.4 (83.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 449.7 (17.70) |
366.5 (14.43) |
271.4 (10.69) |
395.0 (15.55) |
581.0 (22.87) |
502.9 (19.80) |
394.3 (15.52) |
336.9 (13.26) |
299.8 (11.80) |
316.9 (12.48) |
287.0 (11.30) |
364.1 (14.33) |
4,565.5 (179.73) |
| Average rainy days | 14 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 149 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Francisco Pizarro, Nariño Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.