Esmeraldas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esmeraldas?

The hottest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1963, reaching 37.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Esmeraldas?

The coldest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 3.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Esmeraldas?

Almost never: Esmeraldas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Esmeraldas warmed?

Yes: Esmeraldas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Esmeraldas?

The wettest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1989, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Esmeraldas?

The windiest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1978, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Esmeraldas?

The warmest month in Esmeraldas is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Esmeraldas (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Esmeraldas averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.

Esmeraldas has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 19 October 1963) and the coldest 3.2 °C (on 1 June 1979).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

EsmeraldasMinas Gerais

coords: -19.76°, -44.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,398mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

12.7km/h

Seasonal range

5.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

133 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

17.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

33 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.3 °C

19 October 1963

Coldest day

3.2 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

185 mm

12 December 1989

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

13 January 1978

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

24 January 2020

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

22 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

0.2 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.2 h

29 December 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C7 October 2025	8.6 °C30 July 2025	21.7 °C	862 mm	68
2024	35.7 °C9 October 2024	9.3 °C13 August 2024	22.6 °C	1,018 mm	90
2023	37.0 °C14 November 2023	8.9 °C7 July 2023	22.4 °C	898 mm	94
2022	33.7 °C14 September 2022	5.6 °C20 May 2022	21.4 °C	1,406 mm	46
2021	35.0 °C21 September 2021	7.2 °C30 July 2021	21.5 °C	1,177 mm	48
2020	36.7 °C3 October 2020	7.6 °C27 May 2020	21.5 °C	1,378 mm	55
2019	35.6 °C13 September 2019	8.2 °C7 July 2019	22.5 °C	853 mm	91
2018	33.2 °C13 October 2018	5.9 °C21 May 2018	21.9 °C	1,214 mm	56
2017	34.0 °C14 October 2017	9.1 °C4 July 2017	21.9 °C	687 mm	70
2016	35.6 °C19 October 2016	7.3 °C18 July 2016	22.5 °C	1,187 mm	112
2015	36.5 °C17 October 2015	10.7 °C9 June 2015	22.9 °C	918 mm	121
2014	36.3 °C15 October 2014	8.7 °C8 August 2014	22.3 °C	665 mm	98
2013	34.7 °C23 September 2013	9.8 °C3 August 2013	21.5 °C	1,223 mm	50
2012	35.5 °C28 October 2012	7.9 °C20 July 2012	21.6 °C	928 mm	55
2011	33.7 °C10 September 2011	8.9 °C15 July 2011	21.2 °C	1,405 mm	52
2010	33.0 °C17 February 2010	7.0 °C13 June 2010	21.5 °C	1,095 mm	62
2009	32.4 °C29 September 2009	8.2 °C3 June 2009	21.6 °C	1,614 mm	34
2008	34.1 °C27 October 2008	7.3 °C17 July 2008	21.5 °C	1,498 mm	49
2007	36.7 °C24 September 2007	8.7 °C31 July 2007	22.1 °C	922 mm	80
2006	35.0 °C25 January 2006	9.5 °C16 June 2006	21.5 °C	1,110 mm	44
2005	35.8 °C18 October 2005	8.7 °C10 July 2005	21.7 °C	1,134 mm	44
2004	34.4 °C13 November 2004	7.7 °C24 July 2004	21.3 °C	1,402 mm	47
2003	36.1 °C21 October 2003	7.6 °C9 May 2003	21.6 °C	1,205 mm	61
2002	34.6 °C17 October 2002	8.5 °C3 September 2002	22.3 °C	1,331 mm	63
2001	34.4 °C11 September 2001	8.2 °C19 May 2001	22.0 °C	1,087 mm	76
2000	34.6 °C21 October 2000	6.2 °C18 July 2000	21.2 °C	1,262 mm	40
1999	33.3 °C16 October 1999	7.6 °C22 May 1999	21.2 °C	1,098 mm	52
1998	33.5 °C20 September 1998	7.8 °C8 June 1998	21.9 °C	1,160 mm	77
1997	34.4 °C4 November 1997	5.9 °C10 June 1997	21.5 °C	1,439 mm	66
1996	32.2 °C31 January 1996	7.4 °C13 July 1996	21.3 °C	1,475 mm	66
1995	34.4 °C5 October 1995	8.1 °C7 June 1995	21.7 °C	1,491 mm	58
1994	35.7 °C3 October 1994	7.6 °C27 June 1994	21.9 °C	1,313 mm	70
1993	34.3 °C30 November 1993	7.9 °C20 June 1993	21.7 °C	1,161 mm	49
1992	30.7 °C7 April 1992	10.3 °C16 June 1992	21.3 °C	1,651 mm	9
1991	31.9 °C11 August 1991	9.5 °C17 August 1991	21.3 °C	1,850 mm	16
1990	33.7 °C9 February 1990	7.1 °C20 May 1990	21.8 °C	1,017 mm	54
1989	31.5 °C12 September 1989	6.9 °C14 July 1989	21.2 °C	1,632 mm	18
1988	35.3 °C30 January 1988	6.9 °C16 July 1988	21.5 °C	1,197 mm	42
1987	35.8 °C17 October 1987	6.8 °C9 August 1987	22.0 °C	1,519 mm	55
1986	34.0 °C6 November 1986	7.9 °C5 June 1986	21.7 °C	1,147 mm	54
1985	31.8 °C20 September 1985	4.5 °C10 June 1985	20.9 °C	1,792 mm	26
1984	34.1 °C10 November 1984	9.5 °C1 August 1984	21.9 °C	1,211 mm	66
1983	31.4 °C31 August 1983	8.0 °C7 August 1983	21.2 °C	1,902 mm	16
1982	33.6 °C25 November 1982	10.8 °C2 May 1982	21.3 °C	1,514 mm	33
1981	33.0 °C4 March 1981	6.1 °C9 June 1981	20.7 °C	1,617 mm	17
1980	35.4 °C29 October 1980	10.0 °C10 July 1980	21.3 °C	1,416 mm	21
1979	32.5 °C28 October 1979	3.2 °C1 June 1979	20.5 °C	1,982 mm	9
1978	31.7 °C6 October 1978	6.9 °C2 June 1978	20.8 °C	1,934 mm	19
1977	32.5 °C2 November 1977	8.7 °C19 May 1977	21.6 °C	1,137 mm	33
1976	32.9 °C12 January 1976	9.2 °C6 July 1976	21.2 °C	1,413 mm	15
1975	31.8 °C3 October 1975	6.6 °C7 July 1975	20.8 °C	1,227 mm	21
1974	33.0 °C22 February 1974	7.1 °C29 June 1974	21.0 °C	1,208 mm	33
1973	32.5 °C7 January 1973	7.2 °C20 June 1973	21.7 °C	1,610 mm	35
1972	31.9 °C26 October 1972	8.5 °C22 April 1972	21.2 °C	1,272 mm	21
1971	32.4 °C25 February 1971	8.7 °C23 July 1971	21.3 °C	1,255 mm	51
1970	32.7 °C22 March 1970	9.1 °C7 July 1970	21.3 °C	946 mm	25
1969	33.7 °C6 October 1969	8.8 °C9 June 1969	21.5 °C	1,017 mm	45
1968	32.7 °C30 October 1968	7.5 °C14 June 1968	20.0 °C	903 mm	18
1967	34.7 °C13 October 1967	6.8 °C22 July 1967	21.2 °C	1,271 mm	17
1966	33.7 °C16 September 1966	8.3 °C3 June 1966	20.7 °C	1,451 mm	15
1965	32.0 °C11 September 1965	4.3 °C12 July 1965	20.1 °C	2,036 mm	11
1964	31.1 °C2 September 1964	7.3 °C1 June 1964	19.9 °C	2,356 mm	1
1963	37.3 °C19 October 1963	9.2 °C11 July 1963	22.1 °C	747 mm	85
1962	33.0 °C21 September 1962	7.2 °C18 June 1962	20.2 °C	2,406 mm	16
1961	36.4 °C29 September 1961	10.1 °C7 August 1961	21.4 °C	1,723 mm	57
1960	36.1 °C26 September 1960	7.3 °C15 July 1960	20.3 °C	1,863 mm	21
1959	33.2 °C24 February 1959	9.0 °C20 June 1959	21.3 °C	1,279 mm	35
1958	34.5 °C21 December 1958	7.5 °C22 June 1958	20.8 °C	1,108 mm	48
1957	33.7 °C20 October 1957	6.1 °C22 July 1957	20.7 °C	1,672 mm	41
1956	32.1 °C28 January 1956	7.2 °C6 June 1956	20.1 °C	1,283 mm	39
1955	34.9 °C1 October 1955	10.1 °C23 May 1955	21.4 °C	949 mm	45
1954	33.8 °C22 October 1954	9.7 °C30 August 1954	21.2 °C	1,538 mm	30
1953	31.4 °C23 August 1953	9.5 °C18 May 1953	20.5 °C	1,717 mm	5
1952	31.8 °C1 October 1952	8.8 °C16 July 1952	20.3 °C	2,331 mm	14
1951	34.2 °C25 November 1951	8.8 °C5 June 1951	20.4 °C	1,194 mm	29
1950	34.6 °C20 September 1950	8.3 °C11 June 1950	20.4 °C	1,600 mm	13
1949	33.7 °C8 October 1949	8.6 °C3 July 1949	20.5 °C	1,903 mm	24
1948	33.8 °C27 September 1948	9.3 °C29 May 1948	20.8 °C	1,078 mm	26
1947	33.1 °C10 January 1947	8.4 °C8 July 1947	20.5 °C	1,522 mm	26
1946	34.6 °C4 November 1946	8.7 °C27 July 1946	21.1 °C	1,107 mm	23
1945	31.5 °C30 August 1945	9.0 °C2 June 1945	20.5 °C	2,022 mm	8
1944	31.2 °C31 August 1944	8.2 °C19 June 1944	20.0 °C	1,947 mm	13
1943	28.1 °C24 February 1943	8.5 °C19 July 1943	19.1 °C	2,035 mm	0
1942	35.2 °C7 October 1942	5.2 °C24 June 1942	20.1 °C	1,327 mm	28
1941	30.4 °C14 January 1941	9.4 °C9 June 1941	20.3 °C	2,314 mm	1
1940	31.0 °C25 August 1940	10.6 °C5 August 1940	20.4 °C	2,421 mm	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

862 mm

-536 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.5 °C	306 mm	+60 mm
Feb	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	16 mm	-140 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+1.6 °C	70 mm	-88 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	80 mm	+13 mm
May	25.3 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-34 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-13 mm
Jul	24.5 °C	+0.1 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	0.0 °C	6 mm	-7 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+0.7 °C	9 mm	-40 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	60 mm	-71 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.4 °C	112 mm	-122 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+1.9 °C	198 mm	-83 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

36.2 mm

4 Jan 2025

Windiest day

25.1 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

30 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

28 Dec 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esmeraldas?

The hottest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1963, reaching 37.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Esmeraldas?

The coldest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 3.2 °C.

Does it snow in Esmeraldas?

Almost never: Esmeraldas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Esmeraldas warmed?

Yes: Esmeraldas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Esmeraldas?

The wettest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1989, with 185 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Esmeraldas?

The windiest day measured in Esmeraldas between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1978, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Esmeraldas?

The warmest month in Esmeraldas is February (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Esmeraldas?

Esmeraldas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Esmeraldas?

Yes: Esmeraldas has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Esmeraldas?

In Esmeraldas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 22 October 2015, and the lowest was 0.2 °C on 1 June 1979.

Compare Esmeraldas with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Esmeraldas

Other cities — Brazil

All cities in Brazil →