Montecristo National Park (original) (raw)
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National park in El Salvador
| Montecristo National Park | |
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| IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Stars viewed from Montecristo National Park |
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  Location of Montecristo National Park in El Salvador |
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| Location | El Salvador |
| Nearest city | Metapán |
| Coordinates | 14°26′31″N 89°19′32″W / 14.44194°N 89.32556°W / 14.44194; -89.32556 |
| Area | 19.73 km2 (7.62 sq mi) |
| Designation | national park |
| Designated | 2008 |
| World Heritage site | Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve |
Montecristo National Park is a large national park centered on the Montecristo cloud forest in Mesoamerica. Montecristo National Park is located in the north-western tip of El Salvador, a country in Central America known for its wildlife diversity.
It was founded in 2008, and covers an area of 19.73 km2.[1] The national park, together with Montecristo Trifinio National Park in Honduras and Trifinio Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, form the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.
| Climate data for Planes de Montecristo, El Salvador (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.0(68.0) | 21.3(70.3) | 22.7(72.9) | 23.1(73.6) | 22.3(72.1) | 21.7(71.1) | 21.9(71.4) | 22.2(72.0) | 21.3(70.3) | 20.7(69.3) | 20.2(68.4) | 19.9(67.8) | 21.4(70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.2(59.4) | 15.9(60.6) | 16.9(62.4) | 17.9(64.2) | 17.9(64.2) | 17.6(63.7) | 17.5(63.5) | 17.8(64.0) | 17.2(63.0) | 16.8(62.2) | 16.0(60.8) | 15.5(59.9) | 16.9(62.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.3(50.5) | 10.5(50.9) | 11.2(52.2) | 12.6(54.7) | 13.6(56.5) | 13.6(56.5) | 13.2(55.8) | 13.4(56.1) | 13.1(55.6) | 12.8(55.0) | 11.9(53.4) | 11.1(52.0) | 12.3(54.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10(0.4) | 11(0.4) | 20(0.8) | 81(3.2) | 245(9.6) | 417(16.4) | 328(12.9) | 324(12.8) | 436(17.2) | 222(8.7) | 53(2.1) | 21(0.8) | 2,168(85.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 66 | 71 |
| Source: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales[2] |
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Parque Nacional Montecristo from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 9 September 2021. [1]
- ^ "Normales climatológicas". Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- Official site (in Spanish)