How extreme does Quito's weather get?

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

Based on 20 years of daily weather observations (2005–present), from the Izobamba station 14 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 Quito has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

84°F Mar 16, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 84°F Mar 16, 2012

2 82°F Jan 3, 2019

3 82°F Apr 15, 2023

❄️ Coldest night

31°F Aug 21, 2021

The three most extreme on record

1 31°F Aug 21, 2021recent

2 32°F Nov 4, 2020

3 32°F Sep 2, 2016

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.88 in Feb 7, 2013

The three most extreme on record

1 4.88 in Feb 7, 2013

2 1.97 in Dec 6, 2021

3 1.77 in Feb 5, 2012

In plain terms

Across the record, Quito has reached as high as 84°F and as low as 31°F. A single day has delivered over 5 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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