Photos • Location
The town of Calca and old canal
Calca | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Main square of Calca | |
  Calca | |
| Coordinates: 13°19′23″S 71°57′22″W / 13.323°S 71.956°W | |
| Country | 
Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Calca |
| District | Calca |
| Elevation | 2,926 m (9,600 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 9 732 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 ( PET) |
Calca, also referred to as Villa de Zamora, is a town in southern Peru, capital of Calca Province in Cusco Region. It is at an elevation of around 2926 meters (9600 feet) above sea level. [2]
Climate
| Climate data for Calca, elevation 2,926 m (9,600 ft), (1963–1998) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.9 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
5.3 (41.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 112.0 (4.41) |
93.4 (3.68) |
82.2 (3.24) |
35.0 (1.38) |
5.1 (0.20) |
5.2 (0.20) |
3.1 (0.12) |
7.7 (0.30) |
13.2 (0.52) |
33.4 (1.31) |
60.0 (2.36) |
83.7 (3.30) |
534 (21.02) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.4 | 72.8 | 72.1 | 69.9 | 65.8 | 63.2 | 61.7 | 61.7 | 61.9 | 62.4 | 64.1 | 68.5 | 66.4 |
| Source: Repositorio Institucional Continental [3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "World Gazetteer: Calca - profile of geographical entity including name variants". Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ "Provincias y Distritos | en Peru". Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Impacto del incremento de temperatura por el cambio climático en el balance hídrico de microcuenca de laguna de Piuray, 2000 - 2020" (PDF). Universidad Continental. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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