Climate guideThirty-year normals for Macas
Macas climate by month
Tropical rainforest · AfBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,212 mm277 wet days a year
2.31° S, 78.12° WElevation 1,315 mUTC−5 · Ecuador Time
When to goMacas · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low26° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Macas has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 26° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 17°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,212 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (283 mm, 26 wet days) and September the driest (238 mm, 20 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in August to 60% in March.
Compared with Quito, the capital, Macas is 9.8° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · October
- Coldest nights
- 17° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 59 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 | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 241 mm | 250 mm | 283 mm | 352 mm | 321 mm | 299 mm | 241 mm | 208 mm | 238 mm | 271 mm | 249 mm | 259 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 23.5 | 22.1 | 25.6 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 22.6 | 22.5 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 24.6 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 56% | 60% | 59% | 52% | 48% | 43% | 38% | 47% | 50% | 53% | 48% |
| Daylight | 12h 14 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 01 | 11h 59 | 12h 00 | 12h 02 | 12h 06 | 12h 10 | 12h 13 | 12h 15 |
| Month score | 58 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Macas in every month
January58
25° / 19°
241 mm · 23.5 wet days
February55
25° / 19°
250 mm · 22.1 wet days
March53
25° / 19°
283 mm · 25.6 wet days
April54
25° / 19°
352 mm · 24.1 wet days
May58
25° / 19°
321 mm · 24.1 wet days
June60
24° / 18°
299 mm · 22.6 wet days
July62
24° / 17°
241 mm · 22.5 wet days
August64
25° / 17°
208 mm · 20.4 wet days
September57
26° / 18°
238 mm · 19.9 wet days
October55
26° / 19°
271 mm · 24.4 wet days
November55
26° / 19°
249 mm · 23.5 wet days
December58
25° / 19°
259 mm · 24.6 wet days