Juan de Acosta

Municipality and town in Caribbean, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Juan de Acosta in the Department of Atlántico.

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ColombiaRegion CaribbeanDepartmentAtlánticoGovernment

• MayorAbelardo Padilla Blanco (Democratic Colombia Party)^[1]Area

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• Total176 km² (68 sq mi)Population

(Census 2018^[3])

• Total18,828 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)Website
www.juandeacosta-atlantico.gov.co/sitio.shtml

Juan de Acosta is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico.

Climate

Climate data for Juan de Acosta, elevation 20 m (66 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.3 (90.1)	32.8 (91.0)	33.2 (91.8)	33.4 (92.1)	32.8 (91.0)	32.6 (90.7)	32.7 (90.9)	32.8 (91.0)	32.2 (90.0)	31.8 (89.2)	31.7 (89.1)	32.1 (89.8)	32.5 (90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.4 (81.3)	27.5 (81.5)	27.7 (81.9)	28.2 (82.8)	28.2 (82.8)	28.1 (82.6)	28.1 (82.6)	28.2 (82.8)	27.8 (82.0)	27.6 (81.7)	27.6 (81.7)	27.5 (81.5)	27.8 (82.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.1 (73.6)	23.4 (74.1)	24.1 (75.4)	25.0 (77.0)	25.0 (77.0)	24.5 (76.1)	24.4 (75.9)	24.5 (76.1)	24.1 (75.4)	23.8 (74.8)	23.7 (74.7)	23.3 (73.9)	24.0 (75.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0.9 (0.04)	0.7 (0.03)	1.6 (0.06)	39.4 (1.55)	92.1 (3.63)	125.4 (4.94)	107.6 (4.24)	132.4 (5.21)	167.4 (6.59)	195.5 (7.70)	130.3 (5.13)	34.3 (1.35)	1,011.9 (39.84)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	0	0	1	5	11	11	10	12	14	14	10	3	86
Average relative humidity (%)	80	79	79	79	82	83	82	83	85	86	85	81	82
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[4]

^ (in Spanish) National Registry of the Civil State: 2011 regional election results
^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.