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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Quito
Quito climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,087 mm263 wet days a year
0.23° S, 78.52° WElevation 2,854 mUTC−5 · Ecuador Time
When to goQuito · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low16° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Quito has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 18° and nights 9°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,087 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (292 mm, 27 wet days) and September the driest (132 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 50% in July to 70% in March.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 18° · August
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 50% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 06 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 | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 15° |
| Average low | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 194 mm | 227 mm | 292 mm | 289 mm | 195 mm | 94 mm | 42 mm | 48 mm | 132 mm | 185 mm | 191 mm | 198 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.3 | 23 | 27.3 | 26.7 | 26.8 | 24.5 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 24.8 |
| Cloud cover | 61% | 65% | 70% | 69% | 61% | 54% | 50% | 50% | 58% | 63% | 65% | 60% |
| Daylight | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 08 | 12h 08 |
| Month score | 40 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 52 | 57 | 52 | 43 | 39 | 40 |
ivMonth by month
Quito in every month
January40
15° / 9°
194 mm · 21.3 wet days
February39
15° / 9°
227 mm · 23 wet days
March37
16° / 9°
292 mm · 27.3 wet days
April38
16° / 9°
289 mm · 26.7 wet days
May44
16° / 9°
195 mm · 26.8 wet days
June49
17° / 9°
94 mm · 24.5 wet days
July52
17° / 9°
42 mm · 17.7 wet days
August57
18° / 9°
48 mm · 13.8 wet days
September52
17° / 9°
132 mm · 13.3 wet days
October43
16° / 9°
185 mm · 21.3 wet days
November39
16° / 9°
191 mm · 22.8 wet days
December40
15° / 9°
198 mm · 24.8 wet days