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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Loja
Loja climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation486 mm64 wet days a year
37.17° N, 4.15° WElevation 453 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goLoja · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low25° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Loja has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 36° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 486 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (44 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 39% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Loja is 2.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 37 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 | 14° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 27° | 32° | 36° | 36° | 30° | 25° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 7° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 54 mm | 49 mm | 44 mm | 51 mm | 35 mm | 12 mm | 3 mm | 6 mm | 26 mm | 52 mm | 73 mm | 81 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
| Cloud cover | 35% | 35% | 33% | 32% | 27% | 15% | 7% | 10% | 21% | 30% | 36% | 39% |
| Daylight | 9h 53 | 10h 50 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 09 | 14h 42 | 14h 29 | 13h 37 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 12 | 9h 37 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | – | – | – | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 61 | 68 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 67 | 57 | 56 | 67 | 83 | 79 | 67 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Loja in every month
January61
14° / 3°
54 mm · 7.5 wet days
February68
16° / 4°
49 mm · 7.1 wet days
March79
19° / 7°
44 mm · 8.2 wet days
April80
22° / 10°
51 mm · 8 wet days
May81
27° / 13°
35 mm · 5.6 wet days
June67
32° / 17°
12 mm · 1.4 wet day
July57
36° / 20°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days
August56
36° / 20°
6 mm · 0.8 wet day
September67
30° / 17°
26 mm · 4.4 wet days
October83
25° / 13°
52 mm · 7.2 wet days
November79
18° / 7°
73 mm · 7.4 wet days
December67
15° / 4°
81 mm · 6.3 wet days