Atrato

For the river, see Atrato River.

Atrato
Municipality and town
View of Atrato
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Location of the municipality and town of Atrato in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country	Colombia
Department	Chocó Department
Area [1]
• Total	725 km^2 (280 sq mi)
Population  (Census 2018[2])
• Total	5,519
• Density	7.6/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department near the Pacific Ocean, Colombia.

Climate

Atrato has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af). The following climate data is for Yutó, the capital of the municipality.

Climate data for Atrato
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.9 (85.8)	29.9 (85.8)	30.3 (86.5)	30.2 (86.4)	30.1 (86.2)	30.0 (86.0)	30.1 (86.2)	30.1 (86.2)	30.0 (86.0)	29.5 (85.1)	29.4 (84.9)	29.6 (85.3)	29.9 (85.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.1 (79.0)	26.1 (79.0)	26.5 (79.7)	26.5 (79.7)	26.4 (79.5)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)	26.3 (79.3)	26.3 (79.3)	25.9 (78.6)	25.8 (78.4)	26.0 (78.8)	26.2 (79.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.4 (72.3)	22.3 (72.1)	22.7 (72.9)	22.8 (73.0)	22.7 (72.9)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.6 (72.7)	22.3 (72.1)	22.3 (72.1)	22.4 (72.3)	22.5 (72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	607.2 (23.91)	516.7 (20.34)	526.1 (20.71)	672.0 (26.46)	795.9 (31.33)	776.8 (30.58)	768.5 (30.26)	867.7 (34.16)	742.9 (29.25)	724.6 (28.53)	722.2 (28.43)	598.4 (23.56)	8,319 (327.52)
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References

• (in Spanish) [ Colombian geografic Institute; Creation of the Atrato municipality]

1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
2. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

10°04′N 74°12′W