Mesetas

Municipality and town in Meta Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Mesetas in the Meta Department of Colombia.

Country

ColombiaDepartmentMeta DepartmentArea

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• Total1,980 km² (760 sq mi)Elevation

827 m (2,713 ft)Population

(Census 2018^[2])

• Total9,751 • Density4.9/km² (13/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateAm

Mesetas is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.

Climate

Mesetas has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af).^[3] The period from March to November is very rainy, while December through February sees somewhat drier weather.

Climate data for Mesetas, elevation 620 m (2,030 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.1 (86.2)	30.7 (87.3)	30.0 (86.0)	29.1 (84.4)	28.5 (83.3)	27.7 (81.9)	27.4 (81.3)	28.4 (83.1)	29.1 (84.4)	29.2 (84.6)	29.0 (84.2)	29.6 (85.3)	29.1 (84.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.3 (77.5)	25.5 (77.9)	25.2 (77.4)	24.5 (76.1)	24.1 (75.4)	23.6 (74.5)	23.2 (73.8)	23.6 (74.5)	24.2 (75.6)	24.5 (76.1)	24.6 (76.3)	24.9 (76.8)	24.4 (75.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18.4 (65.1)	18.6 (65.5)	19.3 (66.7)	19.8 (67.6)	19.9 (67.8)	19.5 (67.1)	19.1 (66.4)	19.1 (66.4)	19.2 (66.6)	19.5 (67.1)	19.8 (67.6)	19.3 (66.7)	19.3 (66.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	60.4 (2.38)	100.4 (3.95)	170.8 (6.72)	357.5 (14.07)	386.7 (15.22)	402.7 (15.85)	354.0 (13.94)	297.9 (11.73)	285.5 (11.24)	281.7 (11.09)	208.9 (8.22)	90.5 (3.56)	2,932.4 (115.45)
Average precipitation days	7	8	13	21	24	25	24	22	20	20	17	10	206
Average relative humidity (%)	77	76	79	85	86	88	88	86	85	85	85	81	84
Mean monthly sunshine hours	179.8	141.2	108.5	105.0	114.7	108.0	111.6	124.0	141.0	145.7	147.0	173.6	1,600.1
Mean daily sunshine hours	5.8	5.0	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.6	4.0	4.7	4.7	4.9	5.6	4.4
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[4]

References

Mesetas census results 2005 (in Spanish)
Mesetas municipal website (in Spanish)

^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
^ "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.