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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cuenca
Cuenca climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Sep–Nov
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation792 mm232 wet days a year
2.90° S, 79.00° WElevation 2,484 mUTC−5 · Ecuador Time
When to goCuenca · weather score
Best timeSep–Nov
October: high / low18° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cuenca has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 18° and nights 10°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 792 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (120 mm, 24 wet days) and September the driest (40 mm, 14 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 41% in August to 63% in March.
Compared with Quito, the capital, Cuenca is 2.1° warmer on a November afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 18° · November
- Coldest nights
- 9° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 41% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 57 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 | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 17° |
| Average low | 10° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 59 mm | 88 mm | 120 mm | 109 mm | 67 mm | 41 mm | 29 mm | 25 mm | 40 mm | 66 mm | 70 mm | 78 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 | 56% | 61% | 63% | 60% | 53% | 49% | 46% | 41% | 47% | 52% | 55% | 54% |
| Daylight | 12h 16 | 12h 12 | 12h 08 | 12h 03 | 11h 59 | 11h 57 | 11h 58 | 12h 01 | 12h 05 | 12h 10 | 12h 15 | 12h 17 |
| Month score | 51 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Cuenca in every month
January51
17° / 10°
59 mm · 19.6 wet days
February50
17° / 11°
88 mm · 22.2 wet days
March49
17° / 10°
120 mm · 24.2 wet days
April49
17° / 10°
109 mm · 21.4 wet days
May50
17° / 10°
67 mm · 20.4 wet days
June49
16° / 10°
41 mm · 18.2 wet days
July48
16° / 9°
29 mm · 17.2 wet days
August53
16° / 9°
25 mm · 14.9 wet days
September56
17° / 9°
40 mm · 14.1 wet days
October55
18° / 10°
66 mm · 20.5 wet days
November54
18° / 10°
70 mm · 19.6 wet days
December53
17° / 10°
78 mm · 19.4 wet days