How extreme does Ambato's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ambato has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Chachoan station 6 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ambato has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

86°F Sep 28, 2011

The three most extreme on record

1 86°F Sep 28, 2011

2 85°F Nov 16, 2016

3 82°F Jun 2, 2012

❄️ Coldest night

34°F Sep 8, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 34°F Sep 8, 2024recent

2 34°F Sep 25, 2016

3 36°F Oct 22, 1991

🌧️ Most rain in one day

3.27 in Apr 28, 1994

The three most extreme on record

1 3.27 in Apr 28, 1994

2 1.65 in Dec 29, 2023

3 1.54 in Sep 25, 2011

In plain terms

Across the record, Ambato has reached as high as 86°F and as low as 34°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Simon Bolivar Intl / Jose Joaquin DE Olmedo Intl, a weather station, about 173 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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