Carauari

Carauari
Municipality
Flag of Carauari
Flag
Coat of arms of Carauari
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Carauari is located in Brazil
Carauari
Carauari
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 4°52′58″S 66°53′45″W / 4.88278°S 66.89583°W / -4.88278; -66.89583
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
28,508
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Carauari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km2.

The city is served by Carauari Airport.

Geography

The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The municipality contains about 5% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989. The municipality contains 251,577-hectare (621,660-acre) Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering Juruá River. It also contains the 632,949-hectare (1,564,050-acre) Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005.

Climate

Carauari has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with unpleasantly hot and humid weather year-round. Rainfall is significant throughout, although the period from June to August is drier than the remainder of the year.

Climate data for Carauari
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.2
(86.4)		 30.9
(87.6)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.0
(86.0)		 31.5
(88.7)		 31.9
(89.4)		 31.5
(88.7)		 31.0
(87.8)		 30.6
(87.1)		 30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.9
(78.6)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.4
(79.5)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.4
(77.7)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.6
(79.9)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.2
(79.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.9
(71.4)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.3
(72.1)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.7
(71.1)		 20.9
(69.6)		 21.0
(69.8)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.8
(71.2)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.8
(71.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 301
(11.9)		 242
(9.5)		 320
(12.6)		 307
(12.1)		 231
(9.1)		 126
(5.0)		 89
(3.5)		 105
(4.1)		 153
(6.0)		 195
(7.7)		 235
(9.3)		 283
(11.1)		 2,587
(101.9)
Source: "Carauari Climate". Climate Data.

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ IBGE - "Cidades@". IBGE. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  3. ↑ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. ↑ FLONA de Tefé (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ↑ RESEX do Médio Juruá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ↑ RDS de Uacari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)