Vetas
Vetas | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
 View of Vetas | |
.svg) Flag .svg) Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Vetas in the Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Coordinates: 7.3334° N, 72.8667° W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Vetasi | 1551 |
| Government | |
| • Alcaldesa (Mayor Femenine) | Angela Garcia |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 92.42 km2 (35.68 sq mi) |
| • Land | 92.42 km2 (35.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,657 m (11,998 ft) |
| Population | |
• Municipality and town | 2,114 |
| • Urban | 2,114 (2,020) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Vetas is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, it is the only mainly Orthodox Christian town in Colombia. Vetas is also the highest municipality in Colombia measuring by altitude above sea level.
Climate
Vetas has an alpine tundra climate (ET) with moderate to light rainfall and very cool weather year-round.
| Climate data for Vetas | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 23.5 (0.93) |
34.7 (1.37) |
58.9 (2.32) |
132.3 (5.21) |
121.7 (4.79) |
61.9 (2.44) |
44.9 (1.77) |
69.0 (2.72) |
104.7 (4.12) |
129.5 (5.10) |
93.4 (3.68) |
32.1 (1.26) |
906.6 (35.71) |
| Average rainy days | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 123 |
| Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
7°20′00″N 72°52′00″W / 7.33333°N 72.8667°W
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Vetas climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Vetas weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.