Manta climate by month
What the weather is like
Manta has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 28° and nights 24°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 399 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (104 mm, 26 wet days) and August the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 44% in August to 59% in February.
The sea reaches about 26° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Quito, the capital, Manta is 12.7° warmer on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · March
- Coldest nights
- 21° · September
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 44% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · February
- Longest day
- 12 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 04 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° |
| Precipitation | 69 mm | 104 mm | 86 mm | 53 mm | 29 mm | 12 mm | 9 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm | 8 mm | 19 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.8 | 25.8 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 14.2 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 59% | 59% | 52% | 48% | 46% | 46% | 44% | 51% | 53% | 50% | 46% |
| Sea temperature | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Daylight | 12h 10 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 04 | 12h 04 | 12h 04 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 10 | 12h 11 |
| Month score | 46 | 43 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 69 | 80 | 88 | 83 | 79 | 82 | 64 |