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San Marcos | |
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Town | |
| Nickname: Granero del Norte | |
  San Marcos | |
| Coordinates: 7°20′07″S 78°10′11″W / 7.33528°S 78.16972°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cajamarca |
| Province | San Marcos |
| District | Pedro Galvez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Flavio Carlos Machuca Romero |
| Elevation | 2,251 m (7,385 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
San Marcos is a town in Northern Peru, capital of San Marcos province in the region of Cajamarca.[1] San Marcos has volleyball facilities located at Doña Fide's.
Climate
[edit]San Marcos has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb)[2] with warm days and cool nights. San Marcos has a dry season from June to August.
| Climate data for San Marcos, Cajamarca (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.5 (77.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 8.3 (46.9) | 7.4 (45.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 10.6 (51.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98.1 (3.86) | 118.8 (4.68) | 148.4 (5.84) | 76.2 (3.00) | 30.6 (1.20) | 7.2 (0.28) | 3.9 (0.15) | 3.1 (0.12) | 27.0 (1.06) | 79.0 (3.11) | 80.6 (3.17) | 111.3 (4.38) | 784.2 (30.87) |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 12, 2008
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — San Marcos". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
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