Samaná, Caldas
Samaná is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas.
It is about 220 km north west of Bogota.
Facilities include the Parque Simon Bolívar park and the Fundacion Batuta Caldas academy of music.
Climate
Samaná has a relatively cool due to altitude and very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). It is the wettest place in the department of Caldas.
| Climate data for Samaná, elevation 1,475 m (4,839 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 579.5 (22.81) |
489.1 (19.26) |
589.6 (23.21) |
653.0 (25.71) |
628.9 (24.76) |
332.5 (13.09) |
263.1 (10.36) |
310.0 (12.20) |
530.2 (20.87) |
794.7 (31.29) |
836.4 (32.93) |
810.3 (31.90) |
6,817.4 (268.40) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 93 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 92 | 90 | 86 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 94 | 94 | 91 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86.8 | 79.0 | 58.9 | 69.0 | 93.0 | 141.0 | 179.8 | 167.4 | 120.0 | 74.4 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 1,191.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||