Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Durán
Durán climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,306 mm165 wet days a year
2.17° S, 79.84° WElevation 3 mUTC−5 · Ecuador Time
When to goDurán · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low28° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Durán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 29° and nights 23°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 21°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,306 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (329 mm, 24 wet days) and September the driest (5 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 49% in August to 69% in March.
Compared with Quito, the capital, Durán is 13° warmer on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · March
- Coldest nights
- 21° · August
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 49% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 00 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 | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 187 mm | 352 mm | 329 mm | 206 mm | 71 mm | 28 mm | 16 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 6 mm | 29 mm | 74 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 20 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 13.6 |
| Cloud cover | 62% | 68% | 69% | 62% | 57% | 53% | 51% | 49% | 54% | 57% | 55% | 56% |
| Daylight | 12h 14 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 01 | 12h 00 | 12h 00 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 13 | 12h 15 |
| Month score | 41 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 54 | 50 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Durán in every month
January41
28° / 23°
187 mm · 20 wet days
February39
28° / 23°
352 mm · 23.6 wet days
March36
29° / 23°
329 mm · 23.9 wet days
April39
29° / 23°
206 mm · 20.1 wet days
May44
28° / 23°
71 mm · 15.2 wet days
June58
27° / 22°
28 mm · 10.2 wet days
July68
27° / 21°
16 mm · 6.8 wet days
August70
27° / 21°
3 mm · 5.7 wet days
September69
27° / 21°
5 mm · 4.7 wet days
October54
28° / 21°
6 mm · 10.2 wet days
November50
28° / 21°
29 mm · 10.9 wet days
December43
28° / 22°
74 mm · 13.6 wet days