Machala climate

Name: Machala
Address: EC

Machala is warmest in March, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 20 °C. March is the wettest month (338 mm) and August the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Machala averages 1,587 mm of rain and 221 days above 25 °C.

Ecuador · population 289,141 · 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 March 27 °C
Coldest month August 20 °C
Driest month August 29 mm
Wettest month March 338 mm
Least cloud August 76 % cloud
Hottest on record February 30 °C
Coldest on record October 17 °C
Warmest sea March 27 °C

What to expectMachala through the year

Machala changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 24 and 27 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 221 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 338 mm against 29 mm in August — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Machala is warmest in March at 27 °C and coldest in September at 23 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.1 °C	196 mm	85 %
February	26.5 °C	275 mm	89 %
March	26.7 °C	338 mm	90 %
April	26.6 °C	210 mm	84 %
May	26.1 °C	151 mm	82 %
June	25.0 °C	71 mm	78 %
July	24.5 °C	43 mm	77 %
August	24.4 °C	29 mm	76 %
September	24.5 °C	36 mm	80 %
October	24.6 °C	52 mm	86 %
November	24.9 °C	67 mm	87 %
December	25.6 °C	120 mm	85 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	26.1 °C	22.4 °C	24.1 °C	29.3 °C	20.0 °C	28
February	26.5 °C	22.9 °C	24.6 °C	30.2 °C	20.8 °C	27
March	26.7 °C	23.0 °C	24.8 °C	29.7 °C	20.6 °C	30
April	26.6 °C	22.8 °C	24.6 °C	29.2 °C	19.9 °C	29
May	26.1 °C	22.3 °C	24.1 °C	28.9 °C	19.3 °C	27
June	25.0 °C	21.1 °C	22.9 °C	27.8 °C	18.0 °C	15
July	24.5 °C	20.3 °C	22.2 °C	27.2 °C	17.9 °C	8
August	24.4 °C	19.9 °C	21.9 °C	27.3 °C	17.3 °C	6
September	24.5 °C	20.0 °C	22.0 °C	27.6 °C	18.1 °C	7
October	24.6 °C	20.4 °C	22.3 °C	27.7 °C	16.9 °C	10
November	24.9 °C	20.7 °C	22.6 °C	27.4 °C	17.0 °C	13
December	25.6 °C	21.6 °C	23.4 °C	28.4 °C	18.7 °C	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	196 mm	25	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	12 km/h	25.9 °C
February	275 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	85 %	11 km/h	26.7 °C
March	338 mm	24	12 h/day	90 %	85 %	11 km/h	26.8 °C
April	210 mm	22	12 h/day	84 %	86 %	11 km/h	26.4 °C
May	151 mm	21	12 h/day	82 %	88 %	12 km/h	26.1 °C
June	71 mm	16	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	13 km/h	24.6 °C
July	43 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	13 km/h	23.8 °C
August	29 mm	8	12 h/day	76 %	87 %	14 km/h	23.1 °C
September	36 mm	9	12 h/day	80 %	86 %	14 km/h	22.9 °C
October	52 mm	15	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	14 km/h	23.5 °C
November	67 mm	15	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	14 km/h	23.8 °C
December	120 mm	20	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	13 km/h	24.8 °C

How Machala 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
Machala	27 °C	20 °C	1,587 mm	221
Cuenca · Ecuador	19 °C	8.8 °C	1,512 mm	0
Loja · Ecuador	22 °C	13 °C	1,283 mm	1
Guayaquil · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,142 mm	356
Eloy Alfaro · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,568 mm	359
Daule · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	1,967 mm	358
Sullana · Peru	33 °C	17 °C	318 mm	365

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Machala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Machala?

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

How hot does Machala get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Machala?

March, averaging 338 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is August with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,587 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 Machala 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: -3.259°, -79.959° (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.