Quito climate

Name: Quito
Address: EC

Quito is warmest in August, with average highs of 18 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 8.7 °C. March is the wettest month (329 mm) and July the driest (99 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Ecuador · population 2,781,641 · 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 August 18 °C
Coldest month August 8.7 °C
Driest month July 99 mm
Wettest month March 329 mm
Least cloud August 67 % cloud
Hottest on record September 23 °C
Coldest on record November 2.7 °C

What to expectQuito through the year

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

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 329 mm against 99 mm in July — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.8 °C	287 mm	80 %
February	15.9 °C	279 mm	85 %
March	16.0 °C	329 mm	89 %
April	16.1 °C	327 mm	87 %
May	16.3 °C	254 mm	82 %
June	16.6 °C	144 mm	74 %
July	16.9 °C	99 mm	68 %
August	17.7 °C	102 mm	67 %
September	17.4 °C	189 mm	74 %
October	16.6 °C	259 mm	81 %
November	16.0 °C	309 mm	86 %
December	15.9 °C	297 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	15.8 °C	9.4 °C	11.9 °C	20.4 °C	4.6 °C
February	15.9 °C	9.5 °C	12.0 °C	21.6 °C	4.5 °C
March	16.0 °C	9.5 °C	12.1 °C	20.1 °C	4.4 °C
April	16.1 °C	9.5 °C	12.2 °C	20.2 °C	5.5 °C
May	16.3 °C	9.5 °C	12.3 °C	20.7 °C	5.2 °C
June	16.6 °C	9.1 °C	12.2 °C	20.6 °C	4.9 °C
July	16.9 °C	8.8 °C	12.2 °C	20.8 °C	4.8 °C
August	17.7 °C	8.7 °C	12.5 °C	22.5 °C	4.2 °C
September	17.4 °C	8.9 °C	12.4 °C	23.0 °C	5.2 °C
October	16.6 °C	9.1 °C	12.1 °C	22.2 °C	5.3 °C
November	16.0 °C	9.2 °C	11.9 °C	21.4 °C	2.7 °C
December	15.9 °C	9.4 °C	11.9 °C	21.8 °C	4.2 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	287 mm	29	12 h/day	80 %	86 %	8.7 km/h
February	279 mm	27	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	8.5 km/h
March	329 mm	30	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	8.5 km/h
April	327 mm	29	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	8.3 km/h
May	254 mm	29	12 h/day	82 %	83 %	8.1 km/h
June	144 mm	24	12 h/day	74 %	78 %	8.0 km/h
July	99 mm	22	12 h/day	68 %	73 %	8.5 km/h
August	102 mm	22	12 h/day	67 %	71 %	9.0 km/h
September	189 mm	26	12 h/day	74 %	77 %	8.8 km/h
October	259 mm	29	12 h/day	81 %	83 %	8.9 km/h
November	309 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	9.0 km/h
December	297 mm	29	12 h/day	81 %	87 %	8.7 km/h

How Quito 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
Quito	18 °C	8.7 °C	2,876 mm	0
Santo Domingo de los Colorados · Ecuador	25 °C	19 °C	2,720 mm	105
Ibarra · Ecuador	22 °C	10.0 °C	1,609 mm	2
Latacunga · Ecuador	18 °C	8.0 °C	1,831 mm	0
Ambato · Ecuador	18 °C	7.9 °C	2,004 mm	0
Quevedo · Ecuador	27 °C	20 °C	5,786 mm	234
Riobamba · Ecuador	19 °C	8.1 °C	1,297 mm	0

Where Quito ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in December	4th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in November	4th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in February	6th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	6th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	7th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	7th of 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Quito’s climate

When is the best time to visit Quito?

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

How hot does Quito get?

In August, 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 8.7 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Quito?

March, averaging 329 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is July with 99 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,876 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 Quito 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: -0.230°, -78.525° (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.