Fuente de Oro

Municipality and town in Meta Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Fuente de Oro in the Meta Department of Colombia.

Country

ColombiaDepartmentMeta DepartmentArea

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• Total576 km² (222 sq mi)Elevation

359 m (1,178 ft)Population

(Census 2018^[2])

• Total11,599 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateAm

Fuente de Oro (English: Fountain of Gold) is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.

Climate

Climate data for Fuente de Oro (Cooperativa La), elevation 280 m (920 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.0 (89.6)	32.2 (90.0)	31.7 (89.1)	30.7 (87.3)	30.3 (86.5)	29.8 (85.6)	29.7 (85.5)	30.5 (86.9)	31.1 (88.0)	31.2 (88.2)	31.0 (87.8)	31.2 (88.2)	30.9 (87.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.8 (78.4)	25.9 (78.6)	25.8 (78.4)	25.4 (77.7)	25.2 (77.4)	24.7 (76.5)	24.6 (76.3)	24.8 (76.6)	25.3 (77.5)	25.4 (77.7)	25.5 (77.9)	25.7 (78.3)	25.4 (77.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.4 (68.7)	20.5 (68.9)	20.5 (68.9)	20.6 (69.1)	20.6 (69.1)	20.4 (68.7)	20.3 (68.5)	20.3 (68.5)	20.7 (69.3)	20.8 (69.4)	20.9 (69.6)	20.7 (69.3)	20.6 (69.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	29.1 (1.15)	83.8 (3.30)	150.6 (5.93)	277.0 (10.91)	372.1 (14.65)	319.3 (12.57)	255.7 (10.07)	191.6 (7.54)	191.7 (7.55)	223.3 (8.79)	180.2 (7.09)	69.7 (2.74)	2,344.2 (92.29)
Average precipitation days	3	6	11	17	20	20	19	16	14	13	12	6	156
Average relative humidity (%)	81	81	83	84	85	86	86	85	84	83	84	82	84
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]

^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "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.