Sota, South Papua
Place in South Papua, Indonesia
8°25′21.9288″S 140°59′53.1312″E / 8.422758000°S 140.998092000°E / -8.422758000; 140.998092000 (2010)
Sota is a village in Sota district, Merauke Regency in South Papua province, Indonesia. Its population is 1300.[1]: 2052 Sota and Jayapura are the only places with a direct road connection from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea.
Climate
Sota has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from May to November and heavy rainfall from December to April.
Climate data for Sota | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.4 (86.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.3 (79.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.3 (72.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 266 (10.5) | 245 (9.6) | 263 (10.4) | 184 (7.2) | 126 (5.0) | 62 (2.4) | 48 (1.9) | 33 (1.3) | 51 (2.0) | 77 (3.0) | 108 (4.3) | 243 (9.6) | 1,706 (67.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
References
- ^ a b "Population of Indonesia by Village: Result of 2010 Population Census" (PDF). Statistics Indonesia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ "Climate: Sota". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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