Manta climate

Name: Manta
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Manta is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in September, when nights average 21 °C. February is the wettest month (148 mm) and August the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Manta averages 548 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Ecuador · population 264,281 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month September 21 °C
Driest month August 6 mm
Wettest month February 148 mm
Least cloud August 74 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record October 19 °C
Warmest sea February 26 °C

What to expectManta through the year

Manta changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 148 mm against 6 mm in August — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Manta is warmest in February at 26 °C and coldest in September at 24 °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	28.2 °C	74 mm	79 %
February	28.2 °C	148 mm	85 %
March	28.6 °C	119 mm	83 %
April	28.5 °C	79 mm	77 %
May	28.2 °C	35 mm	77 %
June	27.5 °C	14 mm	76 %
July	27.2 °C	9 mm	75 %
August	27.4 °C	6 mm	74 %
September	27.5 °C	8 mm	77 %
October	27.5 °C	9 mm	81 %
November	27.9 °C	13 mm	78 %
December	28.2 °C	33 mm	75 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.2 °C	23.5 °C	25.2 °C	32.0 °C	21.3 °C	31	2
February	28.2 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	32.7 °C	21.5 °C	28	1
March	28.6 °C	24.1 °C	25.9 °C	32.8 °C	22.4 °C	31	3
April	28.5 °C	23.8 °C	25.6 °C	31.7 °C	21.3 °C	30	2
May	28.2 °C	23.5 °C	25.2 °C	31.8 °C	20.9 °C	31	2
June	27.5 °C	22.5 °C	24.2 °C	31.8 °C	19.8 °C	28	1
July	27.2 °C	21.9 °C	23.7 °C	31.7 °C	19.5 °C	29	0
August	27.4 °C	21.5 °C	23.4 °C	31.4 °C	19.2 °C	29	1
September	27.5 °C	21.4 °C	23.4 °C	32.2 °C	19.4 °C	28	1
October	27.5 °C	21.6 °C	23.6 °C	32.0 °C	19.0 °C	29	1
November	27.9 °C	21.8 °C	23.8 °C	31.8 °C	19.2 °C	29	1
December	28.2 °C	22.6 °C	24.5 °C	31.8 °C	19.9 °C	31	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	74 mm	11	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	15 km/h	25.8 °C
February	148 mm	16	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	13 km/h	26.3 °C
March	119 mm	15	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	13 km/h	26.2 °C
April	79 mm	11	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	14 km/h	26.1 °C
May	35 mm	7	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	15 km/h	26.2 °C
June	14 mm	4	12 h/day	76 %	81 %	16 km/h	25.5 °C
July	9 mm	2	12 h/day	75 %	79 %	17 km/h	24.8 °C
August	6 mm	1	12 h/day	74 %	78 %	18 km/h	24.5 °C
September	8 mm	2	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	18 km/h	24.4 °C
October	9 mm	2	12 h/day	81 %	78 %	18 km/h	24.7 °C
November	13 mm	3	12 h/day	78 %	78 %	18 km/h	24.5 °C
December	33 mm	6	12 h/day	75 %	78 %	17 km/h	25.0 °C

How Manta 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
Manta	29 °C	21 °C	548 mm	353
Portoviejo · Ecuador	30 °C	21 °C	1,054 mm	361
Daule · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	1,967 mm	358
Quevedo · Ecuador	27 °C	20 °C	5,786 mm	234
Guayaquil · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,142 mm	356
Eloy Alfaro · Ecuador	29 °C	21 °C	2,568 mm	359
Santo Domingo de los Colorados · Ecuador	25 °C	19 °C	2,720 mm	105

Where Manta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in July	3rdof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in November	3rdof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	4thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	4thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	5thof 50	91/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	8thof 50	100/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Manta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Manta?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. August, September, October 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 Manta get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 18 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in September, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Manta?

February, averaging 148 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is August with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 548 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 Manta 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.