Ambato climate

Name: Ambato
Address: EC

Ambato is warmest in November, with average highs of 18 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 7.9 °C. March is the wettest month (217 mm) and September the driest (109 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Ecuador · population 387,309 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month November 18 °C
Coldest month August 7.9 °C
Driest month September 109 mm
Wettest month March 217 mm
Least cloud August 84 % cloud
Hottest on record November 23 °C
Coldest on record June 3.9 °C

What to expectAmbato through the year

Ambato changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 17 and 18 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 109 mm in September to 217 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.5 °C	170 mm	88 %
February	17.7 °C	185 mm	92 %
March	17.6 °C	217 mm	93 %
April	17.4 °C	198 mm	92 %
May	17.1 °C	166 mm	90 %
June	16.3 °C	161 mm	89 %
July	16.0 °C	161 mm	86 %
August	16.8 °C	124 mm	84 %
September	17.7 °C	109 mm	85 %
October	17.9 °C	154 mm	88 %
November	18.1 °C	173 mm	90 %
December	17.6 °C	184 mm	89 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	17.5 °C	9.9 °C	13.1 °C	21.5 °C	6.9 °C
February	17.7 °C	10.1 °C	13.3 °C	21.2 °C	5.8 °C
March	17.6 °C	10.1 °C	13.2 °C	22.4 °C	5.7 °C
April	17.4 °C	10.0 °C	13.1 °C	20.8 °C	6.8 °C
May	17.1 °C	9.7 °C	12.8 °C	21.4 °C	5.8 °C
June	16.3 °C	8.7 °C	11.9 °C	19.6 °C	3.9 °C
July	16.0 °C	8.0 °C	11.4 °C	19.5 °C	4.0 °C
August	16.8 °C	7.9 °C	11.7 °C	20.4 °C	4.2 °C
September	17.7 °C	8.5 °C	12.5 °C	21.3 °C	4.9 °C
October	17.9 °C	9.4 °C	13.1 °C	22.9 °C	5.8 °C
November	18.1 °C	10.1 °C	13.5 °C	23.1 °C	4.2 °C
December	17.6 °C	10.0 °C	13.2 °C	21.1 °C	5.7 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	170 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	9.6 km/h
February	185 mm	25	12 h/day	92 %	85 %	9.9 km/h
March	217 mm	29	12 h/day	93 %	86 %	9.8 km/h
April	198 mm	29	12 h/day	92 %	86 %	10 km/h
May	166 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	86 %	10 km/h
June	161 mm	25	12 h/day	89 %	87 %	11 km/h
July	161 mm	26	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	12 km/h
August	124 mm	24	12 h/day	84 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	109 mm	22	12 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
October	154 mm	25	12 h/day	88 %	83 %	10 km/h
November	173 mm	25	12 h/day	90 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
December	184 mm	27	12 h/day	89 %	85 %	9.5 km/h

How Ambato compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ambato	18 °C	7.9 °C	2,004 mm	0
Latacunga · Ecuador	18 °C	8.0 °C	1,831 mm	0
Riobamba · Ecuador	19 °C	8.1 °C	1,297 mm	0
Quevedo · Ecuador	27 °C	20 °C	5,786 mm	234
Quito · Ecuador	18 °C	8.7 °C	2,876 mm	0
Santo Domingo de los Colorados · Ecuador	25 °C	19 °C	2,720 mm	105
Daule · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	1,967 mm	358

Where Ambato ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in February	9th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	10th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	12th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	12th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	13th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in South America in November	13th of 50	18 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ambato.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ambato’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ambato?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, November is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ambato get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 18 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 23 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.9 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ambato?

March, averaging 217 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is September with 109 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,004 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ambato rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -1.249°, -78.617° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.