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Cordillera Real · EcuadorSummit weather, forecast and climate
Reventador
Stratovolcano · last major eruption 20023,562 m
Elevation3,562 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation39 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul10°average high
0.08° S, 77.66° WElevation 3,562 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit3,562 m
- Mid-mountain2,960 m
- Valley2,362 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Reventador in brief
Reventador rises to 3,562 m in the Cordillera Real, Ecuador.
At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 12°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
Facts
- Elevation
- 3,562 m · 11,686 ft
- Range
- Cordillera Real
- Country
- Ecuador
- Coordinates
- -0.0769, -77.6561
- Nearest airport
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) · 78 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Reventador by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 12° |
| Average low | 4° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 248 mm | 220 mm | 300 mm | 324 mm | 298 mm | 250 mm | 230 mm | 177 mm | 180 mm | 253 mm | 313 mm | 282 mm |
| Cloud cover | 64% | 70% | 77% | 78% | 73% | 71% | 66% | 60% | 63% | 68% | 70% | 63% |
| Daylight | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 08 |
| Month score | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 4,800 m | 4,800 m | 4,850 m | 4,850 m | 4,800 m | 4,650 m | 4,550 m | 4,550 m | 4,650 m | 4,800 m | 4,800 m | 4,800 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain