Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cañar
Cañar climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Aug–Oct
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,297 mm232 wet days a year
2.56° S, 78.94° WElevation 3,185 mUTC−5 · Ecuador Time
When to goCañar · weather score
Best timeAug–Oct
October: high / low14° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cañar has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 14° and nights 7°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,297 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (196 mm, 24 wet days) and September the driest (75 mm, 14 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in August to 69% in March.
Compared with Quito, the capital, Cañar is 1.9° cooler on a October afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 14° · October
- Coldest nights
- 6° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 58 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° |
| Average low | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 107 mm | 150 mm | 196 mm | 170 mm | 108 mm | 84 mm | 64 mm | 59 mm | 75 mm | 89 mm | 88 mm | 107 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 19.6 | 22.2 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 19.4 |
| Cloud cover | 60% | 65% | 69% | 63% | 54% | 46% | 42% | 38% | 49% | 56% | 62% | 58% |
| Daylight | 12h 15 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 03 | 12h 00 | 11h 58 | 11h 59 | 12h 02 | 12h 06 | 12h 10 | 12h 14 | 12h 16 |
| Month score | 33 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 34 |
ivMonth by month
Cañar in every month
January33
14° / 7°
107 mm · 19.6 wet days
February31
14° / 7°
150 mm · 22.2 wet days
March29
14° / 7°
196 mm · 24.2 wet days
April32
14° / 8°
170 mm · 21.4 wet days
May34
14° / 7°
108 mm · 20.4 wet days
June35
13° / 7°
84 mm · 18.2 wet days
July35
13° / 6°
64 mm · 17.2 wet days
August40
14° / 6°
59 mm · 14.9 wet days
September39
14° / 6°
75 mm · 14.1 wet days
October36
14° / 7°
89 mm · 20.5 wet days
November34
14° / 7°
88 mm · 19.6 wet days
December34
14° / 7°
107 mm · 19.4 wet days