Puerto Boyacá
# Puerto Boyacá

Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by the Magdalena River in the Boyacá Department, where is also considered a Special Trade Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Puerto Boyacá was affected intensively by the Colombian Armed Conflict.

## Borders

* North - departments of Bolívar, Santander
* West - Magdalena River and Puerto Berrío, Puerto Nare, Puerto Triunfo and Sonsón municipalities of Antioquia Department
* South - Puerto Salgar and Yacopí municipalities of Cundinamarca
* East - municipality of Otanche (Boyacá)

## Born in Puerto Boyacá

* Fredy Guarín, Colombian football player

## Gallery

* Puerto Boyacá typical street
* El Centro de la ciudad. Downtown city.

## Other information

* Market Day: Sunday
* Distance from Tunja: 373 km
* Median temperature: 32 °C

### Climate

Climate data for Puerto Boyacá (1971–2000) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.4 (102.9) | 40.0 (104.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 41.2 (106.2) | 41.2 (106.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.5 (90.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.6 (81.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.3 (73.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64 (2.5) | 112 (4.4) | 153 (6.0) | 246 (9.7) | 234 (9.2) | 154 (6.1) | 143 (5.6) | 155 (6.1) | 239 (9.4) | 295 (11.6) | 191 (7.5) | 99 (3.9) | 2,086 (82.1) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 183 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 78 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) ||||||||||||||
