El Zulia

Municipality and town in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of El Zulia in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia.

Country

ColombiaDepartmentNorte de Santander DepartmentPopulation

(Census 2018^[1])

• Total26,019Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

El Zulia (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈsulja]) is a municipality of the Norte de Santander Department in Colombia. A portion of this municipality is part of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta.

Climate

Climate data for El Zulia (Risaralda), elevation 90 m (300 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.4 (90.3)	32.9 (91.2)	32.9 (91.2)	33.1 (91.6)	33.4 (92.1)	34.0 (93.2)	33.6 (92.5)	34.3 (93.7)	33.7 (92.7)	33.2 (91.8)	32.8 (91.0)	32.4 (90.3)	33.1 (91.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.7 (80.1)	27.0 (80.6)	27.2 (81.0)	27.3 (81.1)	28.2 (82.8)	28.3 (82.9)	28.5 (83.3)	28.6 (83.5)	28.0 (82.4)	27.8 (82.0)	27.0 (80.6)	26.7 (80.1)	27.6 (81.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.4 (70.5)	22.3 (72.1)	21.8 (71.2)	22.8 (73.0)	22.6 (72.7)	23.0 (73.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.3 (72.1)	22.5 (72.5)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.1 (71.8)	22.3 (72.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	107.1 (4.22)	97.0 (3.82)	105.8 (4.17)	200.0 (7.87)	183.1 (7.21)	88.5 (3.48)	103.6 (4.08)	132.5 (5.22)	188.0 (7.40)	274.6 (10.81)	280.3 (11.04)	162.4 (6.39)	1,863.5 (73.37)
Average precipitation days	9	8	9	12	12	8	10	10	12	15	16	12	123
Mean monthly sunshine hours	155.0	135.5	145.7	123.0	167.4	162.0	201.5	198.4	186.0	164.3	144.0	136.4	1,919.2
Mean daily sunshine hours	5.0	4.8	4.7	4.1	5.4	5.4	6.5	6.4	6.2	5.3	4.8	4.4	5.2
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[2]

^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 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.