City in Corrientes, Argentina
Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 44,000 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the department of the same name.
Geography
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Monument to General Joaquín Madariaga and the 108 Valiants
The city lies on the right-hand (western) shore of the Uruguay River, opposite the city of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to which it is joined by a road and railway bridge (Paso de los Libres-Uruguaiana International Bridge). The area is served by Paso de los Libres Airport.
Climate
| Climate data for Paso de los Libres (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
42.5
(108.5)
|
41.8
(107.2)
|
39.6
(103.3)
|
36.7
(98.1)
|
34.4
(93.9)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
35.9
(96.6)
|
36.4
(97.5)
|
38.3
(100.9)
|
41.6
(106.9)
|
42.0
(107.6)
|
42.5
(108.5)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
31.1
(88.0)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
28.6
(83.5)
|
31.0
(87.8)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
25.1
(77.2)
|
23.4
(74.1)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
16.4
(61.5)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
17.2
(63.0)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
22.6
(72.7)
|
24.9
(76.8)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
20.6
(69.1)
|
20.0
(68.0)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
9.0
(48.2)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
19.2
(66.6)
|
14.9
(58.8)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
8.7
(47.7)
|
5.5
(41.9)
|
3.2
(37.8)
|
−0.3
(31.5)
|
−4.0
(24.8)
|
−3.5
(25.7)
|
−3.0
(26.6)
|
0.2
(32.4)
|
2.8
(37.0)
|
6.0
(42.8)
|
8.1
(46.6)
|
−4.0
(24.8)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
143.9
(5.67)
|
144.4
(5.69)
|
148.9
(5.86)
|
180.4
(7.10)
|
125.4
(4.94)
|
88.9
(3.50)
|
68.2
(2.69)
|
57.0
(2.24)
|
91.7
(3.61)
|
173.0
(6.81)
|
134.2
(5.28)
|
161.7
(6.37)
|
1,517.7
(59.75)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
7.6
|
7.9
|
7.4
|
8.3
|
8.1
|
7.6
|
6.7
|
5.7
|
7.6
|
9.7
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
92.1
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
69.7
|
72.5
|
74.6
|
77.5
|
81.5
|
82.6
|
79.7
|
74.9
|
73.2
|
73.5
|
68.4
|
68.1
|
74.7
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
248.0
|
209.1
|
189.1
|
174.0
|
151.9
|
120.0
|
155.0
|
170.5
|
144.0
|
182.9
|
243.0
|
244.9
|
2,232.4
|
| Mean daily sunshine hours
|
8.0
|
7.4
|
6.1
|
5.8
|
4.9
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
5.5
|
4.8
|
5.9
|
8.1
|
7.9
|
6.1
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
56
|
56
|
47
|
51
|
54
|
43
|
40
|
45
|
34
|
48
|
52
|
50
|
48
|
| Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[1][2][3]
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| Source 2: UNLP (percent sun only 1971–1980)[4]
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Consular representation
Brazil has a Consulate in Paso de los Libres.[5]
References
External links
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
