Valledupar weather in January

In January, Valledupar sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 26 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Valledupar's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valledupar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:19 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12 µg/m³ · 2018

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Valledupar reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

Valledupar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	26	4.7	11.5	7.5
Feb	28° / 20°	36	5.8	11.7	7.2
Mar	28° / 20°	103	12.6	11.9	6.0
Apr	27° / 21°	247	22	12.2	4.4
May	27° / 21°	336	28.5	12.5	3.5
Jun	28° / 21°	163	24	12.6	4.0
Jul	29° / 21°	101	19.5	12.6	4.2
Aug	29° / 21°	147	23.2	12.3	3.6
Sep	28° / 21°	207	25.9	12.1	3.5
Oct	27° / 21°	315	27.6	11.8	3.7
Nov	27° / 20°	308	22.6	11.5	4.4
Dec	27° / 20°	90	11.1	11.4	6.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Valledupar gets around 26 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	21
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	18
12	17
13	17
14	16
15	16
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	12
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	14
31	14

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Humid (%)	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	54	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	56	57	57	57	57	58	57
Muggy (%)	51	49	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	32

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	44	51
2	5	45	49
3	6	45	48
4	6	46	47
5	6	47	46
6	6	48	45
7	7	48	45
8	7	49	44
9	7	49	43
10	7	50	43
11	7	51	42
12	7	52	41
13	8	52	40
14	8	53	39
15	8	54	38
16	8	55	37
17	9	54	37
18	9	55	36
19	9	56	35
20	9	56	35
21	10	56	34
22	10	56	34
23	10	57	33
24	10	57	33
25	11	56	33
26	11	57	32
27	11	57	32
28	11	57	32
29	11	57	32
30	11	58	31
31	11	57	32

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
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12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
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25	7	calm
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27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:52 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:14	5:38
2	11.4	6:15	5:39
3	11.4	6:15	5:39
4	11.4	6:15	5:40
5	11.4	6:16	5:40
6	11.4	6:16	5:41
7	11.4	6:16	5:41
8	11.4	6:17	5:42
9	11.4	6:17	5:42
10	11.4	6:17	5:43
11	11.4	6:18	5:43
12	11.4	6:18	5:44
13	11.4	6:18	5:44
14	11.4	6:18	5:45
15	11.4	6:19	5:45
16	11.4	6:19	5:46
17	11.5	6:19	5:46
18	11.5	6:19	5:47
19	11.5	6:19	5:47
20	11.5	6:20	5:48
21	11.5	6:20	5:48
22	11.5	6:20	5:49
23	11.5	6:20	5:49
24	11.5	6:20	5:50
25	11.5	6:20	5:50
26	11.5	6:20	5:50
27	11.5	6:20	5:51
28	11.5	6:20	5:51
29	11.5	6:20	5:52
30	11.5	6:20	5:52
31	11.5	6:20	5:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Valledupar?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Valledupar for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Valledupar in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Valledupar sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Valledupar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Valledupar peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	13	14	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Valledupar in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Valledupar is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Valledupar's WHO annual average of 12 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	13	23	16	14	14	14	12	9	8	7	6
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Valledupar?

Valledupar sits at 10.5°N, 73.3°W, 160 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Diego, 17 km away.

Topography around Valledupar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Valledupar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valledupar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,531 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,577 m.

The land around Valledupar is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

1,531 m

trees 47%

80 km

5,577 m

trees 67%

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← December Valledupar year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: San Diego 17 km · Villanueva 34 km · San Juan del Cesar 44 km · Agustín Codazzi 48 km · Fonseca 64 km · Barrancas 74 km · Becerril 85 km · El Copey 85 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Valledupar (10.4654°, -73.2531°, elevation 160 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	21
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	18
12	17
13	17
14	16
15	16
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	12
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	14
31	14

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	44	51
2	5	45	49
3	6	45	48
4	6	46	47
5	6	47	46
6	6	48	45
7	7	48	45
8	7	49	44
9	7	49	43
10	7	50	43
11	7	51	42
12	7	52	41
13	8	52	40
14	8	53	39
15	8	54	38
16	8	55	37
17	9	54	37
18	9	55	36
19	9	56	35
20	9	56	35
21	10	56	34
22	10	56	34
23	10	57	33
24	10	57	33
25	11	56	33
26	11	57	32
27	11	57	32
28	11	57	32
29	11	57	32
30	11	58	31
31	11	57	32

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	21
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	18
12	17
13	17
14	16
15	16
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	12
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	14
31	14

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	44	51
2	5	45	49
3	6	45	48
4	6	46	47
5	6	47	46
6	6	48	45
7	7	48	45
8	7	49	44
9	7	49	43
10	7	50	43
11	7	51	42
12	7	52	41
13	8	52	40
14	8	53	39
15	8	54	38
16	8	55	37
17	9	54	37
18	9	55	36
19	9	56	35
20	9	56	35
21	10	56	34
22	10	56	34
23	10	57	33
24	10	57	33
25	11	56	33
26	11	57	32
27	11	57	32
28	11	57	32
29	11	57	32
30	11	58	31
31	11	57	32

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	21
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	18
12	17
13	17
14	16
15	16
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	12
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	14
31	14

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	44	51
2	5	45	49
3	6	45	48
4	6	46	47
5	6	47	46
6	6	48	45
7	7	48	45
8	7	49	44
9	7	49	43
10	7	50	43
11	7	51	42
12	7	52	41
13	8	52	40
14	8	53	39
15	8	54	38
16	8	55	37
17	9	54	37
18	9	55	36
19	9	56	35
20	9	56	35
21	10	56	34
22	10	56	34
23	10	57	33
24	10	57	33
25	11	56	33
26	11	57	32
27	11	57	32
28	11	57	32
29	11	57	32
30	11	58	31
31	11	57	32