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Despite being a small country, the climate of Ecuador is very different depending on the various areas of the country. This is mainly caused by the large altitude difference between the various climatic zones of the country.
The coast of Ecuador along the Pacific ocean has a hot humid tropical climate with a very intense rainy season between December and May. Average temperatures are around 23 ° C / 26 ° C throughout the year. The further south you go, the more arid the climate of Ecuador becomes, while towards the north there are about 2,500 / 3,000 mm of rain per year, in the far south of the coast the average annual rainfall is below 300 mm.
A VERY VARIOUS CLIMATE DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN ALTITUDE
Climate of the high lands of the Andes is temperate and relatively dry, the dry season is between June and September, while the rainy season is between January and May, the average annual rainfall remain between 500 and 1,500 mm.
The average annual temperature varies between 13°C and 16°C, is the enormous the difference in temperature between day and night and equally important is the change in temperature and precipitation in relation to altitude, between 400 and 1800 meters high average temperatures vary between 20°C and 25°C with important and heavy rains, between 1,800 and 2,000 meters high average temperatures vary between 15°C and 20°C with moderate rains, between 2,000 and 3,200 meters high average temperatures vary between 10°C and 15°C with moderate rainfall around 1,000 mm per year, over 3200 meters, average temperatures drop further reaching negative values.
The Amazon basin has a hot and humid climate typical of equatorial forests, with rainfall throughout the year, the months between September and December are the most dry, while July and August the most rainy. In certain areas rain exceed 5,000 mm a year. Average temperatures stand between 25°C and 28°C.
Finally, the Galapagos Islands have a dry climate with average temperatures between 17°C and 25°C throughout the year, the rainy months are those between January and April. The average annual rainfall is 350 mm of rain along the coasts of the islands, while inland mountainous reaches the average, in some areas, of 2,000 mm annually.
WHEN TO GO TO ECUADOR
The best season to visit the Andean highlands of Ecuador is the dry season between June and September.
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THE CLIMATE OF ECUADOR: CLIMATIC TABLES
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| QUITO (2850 meters) | ||||
| Month | Average low (°C) | Average high (°C) | Precip. (mm) | Precip. days |
| January | 9,8 | 21,2 | 82,5 | 10 |
| February | 10,1 | 21,0 | 111,0 | 11 |
| March | 10,1 | 20,8 | 146,6 | 15 |
| April | 10,2 | 20,9 | 171,2 | 15 |
| May | 10,1 | 21,0 | 105,5 | 13 |
| June | 9,8 | 21,1 | 39,5 | 7 |
| July | 9,4 | 21,5 | 21,5 | 5 |
| August | 9,6 | 22,2 | 27,7 | 5 |
| September | 9,4 | 22,3 | 68,9 | 11 |
| October | 9,5 | 21,8 | 114,9 | 14 |
| November | 9,6 | 21,3 | 108,5 | 11 |
| December | 9,7 | 21,3 | 100,4 | 11 |
| YEAR | 9,8 | 21,4 | 1098,2 | 128 |
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| GUAYAQUIL (4 meters) | ||||
| Month | Average low (°C) | Average high (°C) | Precip. (mm) | Precip. days |
| January | 23,0 | 31,2 | 200,7 | 12 |
| February | 23,4 | 31,2 | 332,0 | 14 |
| March | 23,7 | 32,2 | 315,7 | 15 |
| April | 23,5 | 32,0 | 207,7 | 10 |
| May | 22,6 | 31,2 | 62,6 | 4 |
| June | 21,5 | 29,8 | 34,0 | 1 |
| July | 20,8 | 29,1 | 15,6 | 0 |
| August | 20,7 | 29,7 | 1,2 | 0 |
| September | 20,5 | 30,5 | 1,5 | 0 |
| October | 20,9 | 30,2 | 5,6 | 1 |
| November | 21,3 | 31,1 | 29,1 | 0 |
| December | 22,4 | 31,8 | 68 | 2 |
| YEAR | 22,0 | 30,8 | 1263,2 | 59 |
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| SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (GALAPAGOS) | ||||
| Month | Sea Water Temperature °C | |||
| January | 24 | |||
| February | 26 | |||
| March | 27 | |||
| April | 26 | |||
| May | 24 | |||
| June | 23 | |||
| July | 22 | |||
| August | 21 | |||
| September | 21 | |||
| October | 21 | |||
| November | 22 | |||
| December | 23 | |||
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