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Ecuador climate

Tropical lowlands, cool Andes, equatorial coast. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Quito · Guayaquil · Cuenca · Santo Domingo de los Colorados · Ambato · Portoviejo

Browse all 26 cities in Ecuador

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)

12 cities

Guayaquilpop 2.7M Santo Domingo de los Coloradospop 459k Ambatopop 387k Portoviejopop 322k Eloy Alfaropop 316k Mantapop 264k Riobambapop 264k Esmeraldaspop 219k Latacungapop 206k Babahoyopop 76k Macaspop 24k Guarandapop 22k

BSh

Hot semi-arid

6 cities

Cuencapop 637k Machalapop 289k Lojapop 274k Santa Elenapop 42k Azoguespop 35k Zamorapop 15k

As

Tropical savanna (dry summer)

3 cities

Ibarrapop 221k Tulcánpop 86k Nueva Lojapop 24k

Cfb

Oceanic / temperate

2 cities

Quitopop 2.8M Puyopop 25k

Af

Tropical rainforest

2 cities

Puerto Francisco de Orellanapop 48k Tenapop 17k

BWh

Hot desert

1 city

Puerto Baquerizo Morenopop 7k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Ecuador.

Oceanic / temperateCfb

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Hot semi-aridBSh

Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Climate types in Ecuador

Ecuador spans 6 climate types. All climate types:

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 12 cities BSh Hot semi-arid · 6 cities As Tropical savanna (dry summer) · 3 cities Af Tropical rainforest · 2 cities Cfb Oceanic / temperate · 2 cities BWh Hot desert · 1 city

Climate records across Ecuador — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Guaranda (79.5 °F avg) · Coolest Puyo (62.1 °F avg) · Wettest Puerto Francisco de Orellana (154 in/yr) · Driest Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (11 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Ecuador sits well between them.