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TIL With 8,130.5 mm (320.1 inches) of rainfall a year, Quibdó has the highest amount of rainfall in South America of any city of its size or greater. The wettest city of larger size, Monrovia in Liberia, receives 3,050 millimetres (120 in) less rain annually than Quibdó.

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