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Climate and Average Weather Year Round at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport Argentina

At Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport, the summers are hot, the winters are cold, and it is dry and mostly clear year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 35°F to 94°F and is rarely below 27°F or above 101°F.

Based on the tourism score, the best times of year to visit Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport for warm-weather activities are from early February to mid April and from early October to mid December.

Climate at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 3.9 months, from November 13 to March 10, with an average daily high temperature above 87°F. The hottest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is January, with an average high of 93°F and low of 69°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from May 17 to August 18, with an average daily high temperature below 67°F. The coldest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is July, with an average low of 36°F and high of 62°F.

Average High and Low Temperature at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Average High and Low Temperature at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirporthothotcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJul 1161°FJul 1161°FJan 694°FJan 694°F35°F35°F69°F69°FNov 1387°FNov 1387°FMar 1087°FMar 1087°FMay 1767°FMay 1767°FAug 1867°FAug 1867°F60°F60°F64°F64°F44°F44°F40°F40°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 93°F91°F85°F76°F68°F62°F62°F67°F73°F81°F87°F92°F
Temp. 81°F78°F74°F64°F55°F48°F47°F53°F59°F68°F74°F79°F
Low 69°F67°F62°F53°F44°F37°F36°F40°F47°F55°F61°F67°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Average Hourly Temperature at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowvery coldcoldcoldcoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmwarmwarmhothotwarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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At Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport begins around July 31 and lasts for 9.0 months, ending around April 29.

The clearest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is March, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 86% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 29 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around July 31.

The cloudiest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is June, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 38% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Cloud Cover Categories at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportclearerclearercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Dec 886%Dec 886%May 3159%May 3159%Jul 3173%Jul 3173%Apr 2973%Apr 2973%NowNowclearmostly clearovercastpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 18%16%14%21%36%38%31%25%23%19%15%15%
Clearer 82%84%86%79%64%62%69%75%77%81%85%85%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 2.9 months, from December 19 to March 17, with a greater than 8% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is February, with an average of 3.7 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 9.1 months, from March 17 to December 19. The month with the fewest wet days at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is June, with an average of 0.6 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is February, with an average of 3.7 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 13% on February 20.

Daily Chance of Precipitation at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Daily Chance of Precipitation at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 2013%Feb 2013%Jun 192%Jun 192%Dec 198%Dec 198%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 3.7d3.7d2.4d1.0d0.7d0.6d0.7d0.7d1.0d1.1d1.4d2.3d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 3.0 months, from December 17 to March 15, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is February, with an average rainfall of 1.0 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 9.0 months, from March 15 to December 17. The month with the least rain at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is June, with an average rainfall of 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.7″1.0″0.5″0.2″0.2″0.1″0.1″0.1″0.2″0.1″0.3″0.5″

The length of the day at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is June 20, with 10 hours, 5 minutes of daylight; the longest day is December 21, with 14 hours, 13 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minSep 2212 hr, 6 minSep 2214 hr, 13 minDec 2114 hr, 13 minDec 2112 hr, 9 minMar 2012 hr, 9 minMar 2010 hr, 5 minJun 2010 hr, 5 minJun 20daydaynightNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 13.9h13.2h12.2h11.3h10.5h10.1h10.3h11.0h11.9h12.9h13.7h14.2h

The earliest sunrise is at 6:21 AM on December 3, and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 13 minutes later at 8:33 AM on June 30. The earliest sunset is at 6:36 PM on June 10, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 6 minutes later at 8:42 PM on January 8.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMDec 36:21 AMDec 36:21 AM8:42 PMJan 88:42 PMJan 8Jun 106:36 PMJun 106:36 PM8:33 AMJun 308:33 AMJun 30daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM0000101010102020202030303030404040505050606070800000101010102020202030303030404040505060707035NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 2% of 2% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Aug 110%Aug 110%Feb 154%Feb 154%NowNowhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 1.0d1.2d0.8d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.4d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 6.8 months, from August 27 to March 21, with average wind speeds of more than 8.0 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is November, with an average hourly wind speed of 9.7 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 5.2 months, from March 21 to August 27. The calmest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is June, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.4 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Average Wind Speed at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportwindywindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphNov 219.8 mphNov 219.8 mphJun 146.3 mphJun 146.3 mphAug 278.0 mphAug 278.0 mphMar 218.0 mphMar 218.0 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 9.38.88.27.36.66.46.97.78.69.29.79.6

The predominant average hourly wind direction at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 1.4 weeks, from March 23 to April 2 and for 3.5 months, from April 23 to August 8, with a peak percentage of 35% on July 25. The wind is most often from the south for 3.0 weeks, from April 2 to April 23 and for 4.0 months, from August 8 to December 7, with a peak percentage of 37% on October 26. The wind is most often from the east for 3.5 months, from December 7 to March 23, with a peak percentage of 38% on January 1.

Wind Direction at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Wind Direction at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportESNSEJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport for general outdoor tourist activities are from early February to mid April and from early October to mid December, with a peak score in the third week of March.

Tourism Score at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Tourism Score at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airportbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810107.67.62.62.67.47.46.56.5NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport for hot-weather activities is from late November to early March, with a peak score in the second week of January.

Beach/Pool Score at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Beach/Pool Score at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airportbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810107.27.20.30.3NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport typically lasts for 9.4 months (286 days), from around August 21 to around June 3, rarely starting before July 31 or after September 15, and rarely ending before May 11 or after June 22.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airportgrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%50%Aug 2150%Aug 2150%Jun 350%Jun 390%Sep 1590%Sep 1590%May 1190%May 1110%Jul 3110%Jul 3110%Jun 2210%Jun 220%Jul 110%Jul 11Jan 13100%Jan 13100%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport should appear around July 29, only rarely appearing before July 23 or after August 6.

Growing Degree Days at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Growing Degree Days at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°FJul 2990°FJul 2990°FOct 19900°FOct 19900°FNov 291,800°FNov 291,800°FJun 305,796°FJun 305,796°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.6 months, from October 22 to February 11, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.7 kWh. The brightest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is December, with an average of 8.7 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.3 months, from May 1 to August 9, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.5 kWh. The darkest month of the year at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is June, with an average of 3.4 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento AirportbrightbrightdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhDec 78.8 kWhDec 78.8 kWhJun 113.4 kWhJun 113.4 kWhOct 227.7 kWhOct 227.7 kWhFeb 117.7 kWhFeb 117.7 kWhMay 14.5 kWhMay 14.5 kWhAug 94.5 kWhAug 94.5 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 8.37.66.55.13.93.43.74.76.07.48.58.7

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport are -31.571 deg latitude, -68.418 deg longitude, and 1,959 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 79 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,948 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (1,473 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (12,615 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is covered by grassland (29%), cropland (25%), trees (22%), and shrubs (22%), within 10 miles by grassland (22%) and cropland (21%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (34%) and sparse vegetation (22%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

In this case, the only station close and reliable enough to use as a fallback is Mendoza Aerodrome.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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