Villanueva weather in January

In January, Villanueva sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 45 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 42% 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 Villanueva's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villanueva's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:18 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

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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 Villanueva 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 25°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	27	27	27	27	27	27
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	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

Villanueva weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-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°	45	9.4	11.4	6.8
Feb	28° / 19°	58	9.5	11.6	6.5
Mar	28° / 20°	139	16	11.9	5.5
Apr	27° / 20°	282	24.8	12.2	4.0
May	27° / 21°	418	30.2	12.5	3.3
Jun	28° / 21°	301	28	12.6	3.4
Jul	28° / 20°	271	28.6	12.6	3.5
Aug	28° / 21°	345	30.2	12.3	3.1
Sep	28° / 20°	371	29.6	12.1	3.2
Oct	27° / 20°	393	30.2	11.8	3.4
Nov	27° / 20°	295	26.2	11.5	3.9
Dec	27° / 19°	122	17.1	11.4	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	65	66	66	67	68	67	68	68	68	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	70	70
Cloudier (%)	35	34	34	33	32	33	32	32	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Villanueva gets around 45 mm of rain over 9.4 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 31% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	38
3	37
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	33
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	27
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	28

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 41% 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 (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Humid (%)	43	44	45	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	59	59	60	59	60	60	60	59	59	59
Muggy (%)	55	54	53	50	50	48	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	44	54
3	2	45	53
4	3	47	50
5	3	48	50
6	3	49	48
7	3	50	48
8	3	50	47
9	3	51	46
10	3	52	45
11	3	53	44
12	3	54	43
13	4	54	42
14	4	55	41
15	4	56	40
16	4	56	40
17	4	57	39
18	5	57	38
19	5	58	37
20	5	59	36
21	5	59	36
22	6	59	35
23	6	59	35
24	6	60	34
25	7	59	34
26	7	60	33
27	7	60	33
28	7	60	33
29	8	59	33
30	8	59	33
31	8	59	33

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
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20	7	calm
21	7	calm
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23	7	calm
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25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	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 6:13 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:51 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	11.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:13	5:37
2	11.4	6:14	5:37
3	11.4	6:14	5:38
4	11.4	6:15	5:38
5	11.4	6:15	5:39
6	11.4	6:15	5:39
7	11.4	6:16	5:40
8	11.4	6:16	5:40
9	11.4	6:16	5:41
10	11.4	6:16	5:41
11	11.4	6:17	5:42
12	11.4	6:17	5:42
13	11.4	6:17	5:43
14	11.4	6:18	5:43
15	11.4	6:18	5:44
16	11.4	6:18	5:44
17	11.4	6:18	5:45
18	11.5	6:18	5:45
19	11.5	6:19	5:46
20	11.5	6:19	5:46
21	11.5	6:19	5:47
22	11.5	6:19	5:47
23	11.5	6:19	5:48
24	11.5	6:19	5:48
25	11.5	6:19	5:49
26	11.5	6:19	5:49
27	11.5	6:19	5:50
28	11.5	6:19	5:50
29	11.5	6:19	5:50
30	11.5	6:19	5:51
31	11.5	6:19	5:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.1	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	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	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 Villanueva?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Villanueva for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Villanueva in January

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

In January, Villanueva sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Villanueva 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 Villanueva peaks around March 24 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	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Villanueva 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 Villanueva is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	20	34	27	26	27	25	27	18	16	13	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Villanueva?

Villanueva sits at 10.6°N, 73.0°W, 235 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is San Juan del Cesar, 18 km away.

Topography around Villanueva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villanueva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,340 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,538 m.

The land around Villanueva is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

173 m

grassland 57%

16 km

2,340 m

trees 52%

80 km

5,538 m

trees 67%

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

January weather nearby: San Juan del Cesar 18 km · Valledupar 34 km · Fonseca 34 km · San Diego 38 km · Barrancas 44 km · Hatonuevo 56 km · Agustín Codazzi 69 km · Albania 75 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 Villanueva (10.6077°, -72.979°, elevation 235 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	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	38
3	37
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	33
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	27
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	28

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	44	54
3	2	45	53
4	3	47	50
5	3	48	50
6	3	49	48
7	3	50	48
8	3	50	47
9	3	51	46
10	3	52	45
11	3	53	44
12	3	54	43
13	4	54	42
14	4	55	41
15	4	56	40
16	4	56	40
17	4	57	39
18	5	57	38
19	5	58	37
20	5	59	36
21	5	59	36
22	6	59	35
23	6	59	35
24	6	60	34
25	7	59	34
26	7	60	33
27	7	60	33
28	7	60	33
29	8	59	33
30	8	59	33
31	8	59	33

	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	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	38
3	37
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	33
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	27
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	28

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	44	54
3	2	45	53
4	3	47	50
5	3	48	50
6	3	49	48
7	3	50	48
8	3	50	47
9	3	51	46
10	3	52	45
11	3	53	44
12	3	54	43
13	4	54	42
14	4	55	41
15	4	56	40
16	4	56	40
17	4	57	39
18	5	57	38
19	5	58	37
20	5	59	36
21	5	59	36
22	6	59	35
23	6	59	35
24	6	60	34
25	7	59	34
26	7	60	33
27	7	60	33
28	7	60	33
29	8	59	33
30	8	59	33
31	8	59	33

	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	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	70	30
31	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	38
3	37
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	33
13	33
14	32
15	32
16	31
17	30
18	30
19	29
20	28
21	28
22	27
23	27
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	26
28	26
29	27
30	27
31	28

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	43	55
2	2	44	54
3	2	45	53
4	3	47	50
5	3	48	50
6	3	49	48
7	3	50	48
8	3	50	47
9	3	51	46
10	3	52	45
11	3	53	44
12	3	54	43
13	4	54	42
14	4	55	41
15	4	56	40
16	4	56	40
17	4	57	39
18	5	57	38
19	5	58	37
20	5	59	36
21	5	59	36
22	6	59	35
23	6	59	35
24	6	60	34
25	7	59	34
26	7	60	33
27	7	60	33
28	7	60	33
29	8	59	33
30	8	59	33
31	8	59	33