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Bahía Solano

Coordinates: 6°13′N 77°24′W / 6.217°N 77.400°W / 6.217; -77.400
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Bahía Solano
Municipality and town
Flag of Bahía Solano
Location of the municipality and town of Bahía Solano in the Choco Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Bahía Solano in the Choco Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó Department
Government
 • MayorUlmer Mosquera Gutiérrez
Area
 • Municipality and town1,667 km2 (644 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 • Urban
9.400 (2,017)[1]
 Afro-Colombians, Embera Indians, Paisas
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Websitewww.bahiasolano-choco.gov.co

Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and tourist center of coastal Choco. The municipal head is Ciudad Mutis.

Bahia is home to José Celestino Mutis Airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to scuba diving and sport fishing opportunities, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. 18 km away from Bahia Solano is the beach town of El Valle, Choco, which is the closest community to the Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) down the beach.

Climate

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Bahía Solano has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).

Climate data for Bahía Solano (Panamericana), elevation 4 m (13 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.4
(84.9)
29.9
(85.8)
29.9
(85.8)
29.9
(85.8)
29.7
(85.5)
29.3
(84.7)
29.5
(85.1)
29.5
(85.1)
29.1
(84.4)
28.8
(83.8)
28.7
(83.7)
29.0
(84.2)
29.4
(84.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.0
(78.8)
26.3
(79.3)
26.2
(79.2)
26.1
(79.0)
25.9
(78.6)
25.7
(78.3)
25.8
(78.4)
25.8
(78.4)
25.6
(78.1)
25.6
(78.1)
25.5
(77.9)
25.7
(78.3)
25.8
(78.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
22.7
(72.9)
22.7
(72.9)
22.4
(72.3)
22.3
(72.1)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
22.0
(71.6)
22.0
(71.6)
21.9
(71.4)
22.3
(72.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 273.9
(10.78)
142.0
(5.59)
192.5
(7.58)
332.5
(13.09)
482.5
(19.00)
454.2
(17.88)
475.0
(18.70)
571.5
(22.50)
565.0
(22.24)
770.0
(30.31)
639.8
(25.19)
472.7
(18.61)
5,371.6
(211.47)
Average precipitation days 17.5 12.0 13.2 20.6 23.9 24.1 23.7 24.0 25.0 25.3 23.8 22.5 255.6
Average relative humidity (%) 89.5 88.6 89.3 89.6 90.8 91.0 90.6 91.0 91.4 91.7 92.4 91.5 90.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 78.5 88.0 86.4 68.8 61.6 57.5 76.1 70.3 52.4 58.9 49.3 50.1 797.9
Mean daily sunshine hours 2.5 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.2
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bahía Solano · Población poblacion.population.city, retrieved 26 January 2020
  2. ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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6°13′N 77°24′W / 6.217°N 77.400°W / 6.217; -77.400