# Santa Cruz de Lorica

Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.
Lorica was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.
As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer.

## Climate

Climate data for Lorica (Doctrina La), elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.7 (81.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.3 (75.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.4 (0.45) | 5.8 (0.23) | 22.2 (0.87) | 79.2 (3.12) | 175.8 (6.92) | 152.1 (5.99) | 174.7 (6.88) | 191.5 (7.54) | 191.9 (7.56) | 189.5 (7.46) | 126.9 (5.00) | 43.8 (1.72) | 1,326.9 (52.24) |
| Average precipitation days | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 105 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.7 | 194.8 | 198.4 | 153.0 | 133.3 | 141.0 | 173.6 | 167.4 | 141.0 | 142.6 | 156.0 | 198.4 | 2,038.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Lorica, elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.7 (90.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.8 (74.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.5 (0.45) | 13.4 (0.53) | 24.3 (0.96) | 93.9 (3.70) | 151.8 (5.98) | 145.4 (5.72) | 144.7 (5.70) | 173.5 (6.83) | 177.6 (6.99) | 152.0 (5.98) | 126.6 (4.98) | 38.7 (1.52) | 1,253.3 (49.34) |
| Average precipitation days | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 117 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 84 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales ||||||||||||||