Loja climate

Name: Loja
Address: EC

Loja is warmest in October, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 13 °C. February is the wettest month (196 mm) and August the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Loja averages 1,283 mm of rain and 1 days above 25 °C.

Ecuador · population 274,112 · 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 October 22 °C
Coldest month August 13 °C
Driest month August 28 mm
Wettest month February 196 mm
Least cloud August 57 % cloud
Hottest on record November 26 °C
Coldest on record November 7.4 °C

What to expectLoja through the year

Loja 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, 1 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 196 mm against 28 mm in August — 7.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.8 °C	165 mm	81 %
February	20.7 °C	196 mm	87 %
March	20.8 °C	191 mm	88 %
April	20.7 °C	141 mm	81 %
May	20.7 °C	78 mm	72 %
June	20.0 °C	47 mm	66 %
July	19.6 °C	39 mm	62 %
August	20.5 °C	28 mm	57 %
September	21.7 °C	38 mm	65 %
October	22.0 °C	90 mm	75 %
November	21.9 °C	131 mm	81 %
December	21.2 °C	139 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	20.8 °C	14.6 °C	17.0 °C	24.9 °C	10.0 °C
February	20.7 °C	14.7 °C	17.0 °C	24.0 °C	10.8 °C
March	20.8 °C	14.7 °C	17.1 °C	23.6 °C	11.0 °C
April	20.7 °C	14.6 °C	17.1 °C	24.0 °C	10.7 °C
May	20.7 °C	14.3 °C	17.0 °C	24.3 °C	10.2 °C
June	20.0 °C	13.5 °C	16.3 °C	23.8 °C	9.6 °C
July	19.6 °C	12.8 °C	15.8 °C	24.2 °C	8.2 °C
August	20.5 °C	12.7 °C	16.3 °C	24.7 °C	8.6 °C
September	21.7 °C	13.7 °C	17.2 °C	25.6 °C	8.2 °C
October	22.0 °C	14.2 °C	17.5 °C	25.4 °C	9.9 °C
November	21.9 °C	14.2 °C	17.3 °C	25.7 °C	7.4 °C
December	21.2 °C	14.5 °C	17.2 °C	24.4 °C	8.5 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	165 mm	22	12 h/day	81 %	82 %	9.9 km/h
February	196 mm	22	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	9.4 km/h
March	191 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	84 %	9.5 km/h
April	141 mm	20	12 h/day	81 %	83 %	10 km/h
May	78 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	81 %	11 km/h
June	47 mm	11	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	14 km/h
July	39 mm	10	12 h/day	62 %	79 %	16 km/h
August	28 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	75 %	17 km/h
September	38 mm	8	12 h/day	65 %	73 %	15 km/h
October	90 mm	16	12 h/day	75 %	76 %	12 km/h
November	131 mm	18	12 h/day	81 %	79 %	9.8 km/h
December	139 mm	21	12 h/day	80 %	81 %	9.8 km/h

How Loja 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
Loja	22 °C	13 °C	1,283 mm	1
Machala · Ecuador	27 °C	20 °C	1,587 mm	221
Cuenca · Ecuador	19 °C	8.8 °C	1,512 mm	0
Sullana · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	318 mm	365
Piura · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	298 mm	364
Guayaquil · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,142 mm	356
Eloy Alfaro · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,568 mm	359

Where Loja ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in September	18thof 50	92/100
The coolest places in South America in March	26thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	29thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	32ndof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	33rdof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	37thof 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Loja’s climate

When is the best time to visit Loja?

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

How hot does Loja get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Loja?

February, averaging 196 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is August with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,283 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 Loja 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
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.