Ibarra climate

Name: Ibarra
Address: EC

Ibarra is warmest in September, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 10.0 °C. April is the wettest month (202 mm) and August the driest (63 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ibarra averages 1,609 mm of rain and 2 days above 25 °C.

Ecuador · population 221,149 · 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 September 22 °C
Coldest month August 10.0 °C
Driest month August 63 mm
Wettest month April 202 mm
Least cloud August 78 % cloud
Hottest on record September 28 °C
Coldest on record August 6.5 °C

What to expectIbarra through the year

Ibarra changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 21 and 22 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 202 mm against 63 mm in August — 3.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.7 °C	139 mm	81 %
February	20.0 °C	142 mm	85 %
March	20.0 °C	179 mm	90 %
April	19.9 °C	202 mm	90 %
May	20.0 °C	150 mm	89 %
June	19.9 °C	109 mm	85 %
July	20.1 °C	99 mm	81 %
August	21.2 °C	63 mm	78 %
September	22.0 °C	68 mm	78 %
October	21.1 °C	128 mm	83 %
November	19.9 °C	169 mm	88 %
December	19.7 °C	160 mm	83 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	19.7 °C	11.3 °C	15.0 °C	25.1 °C	7.0 °C	0
February	20.0 °C	11.5 °C	15.3 °C	25.6 °C	7.1 °C	0
March	20.0 °C	11.7 °C	15.3 °C	25.3 °C	6.6 °C	0
April	19.9 °C	11.7 °C	15.3 °C	24.6 °C	8.5 °C	0
May	20.0 °C	11.4 °C	15.3 °C	23.7 °C	8.2 °C	0
June	19.9 °C	10.7 °C	14.9 °C	25.1 °C	7.3 °C	0
July	20.1 °C	10.1 °C	14.8 °C	25.3 °C	6.8 °C	0
August	21.2 °C	10.0 °C	15.3 °C	27.0 °C	6.5 °C	0
September	22.0 °C	10.6 °C	15.9 °C	27.5 °C	7.9 °C	1
October	21.1 °C	11.4 °C	15.7 °C	26.1 °C	7.5 °C	1
November	19.9 °C	11.7 °C	15.2 °C	26.3 °C	7.5 °C	0
December	19.7 °C	11.5 °C	15.1 °C	24.5 °C	7.4 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	139 mm	21	12 h/day	81 %	82 %	8.8 km/h
February	142 mm	21	12 h/day	85 %	81 %	8.9 km/h
March	179 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	82 %	8.8 km/h
April	202 mm	27	12 h/day	90 %	82 %	8.8 km/h
May	150 mm	27	12 h/day	89 %	81 %	9.6 km/h
June	109 mm	24	12 h/day	85 %	77 %	11 km/h
July	99 mm	22	12 h/day	81 %	73 %	12 km/h
August	63 mm	17	12 h/day	78 %	70 %	13 km/h
September	68 mm	18	12 h/day	78 %	69 %	12 km/h
October	128 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	76 %	9.9 km/h
November	169 mm	24	12 h/day	88 %	83 %	8.3 km/h
December	160 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	82 %	8.7 km/h

How Ibarra 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
Ibarra	22 °C	10.0 °C	1,609 mm	2
Quito · Ecuador	18 °C	8.7 °C	2,876 mm	0
Pasto · Colombia	19 °C	10 °C	2,212 mm	0
Santo Domingo de los Colorados · Ecuador	25 °C	19 °C	2,720 mm	105
Latacunga · Ecuador	18 °C	8.0 °C	1,831 mm	0
Esmeraldas · Ecuador	28 °C	23 °C	2,152 mm	363
Ambato · Ecuador	18 °C	7.9 °C	2,004 mm	0

Where Ibarra ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in March	22nd of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in South America in November	23rd of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	24th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	25th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	26th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	28th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ibarra’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ibarra?

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

How hot does Ibarra get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10.0 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ibarra?

April, averaging 202 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is August with 63 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,609 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 Ibarra 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: 0.349°, -78.125° (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.