Bahía de Caráquez climate — normals and trends
Bahía de Caráquez (Ecuador) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 600 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 March (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Bahía de Caráquez averages 0 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Bahía de Caráquez has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 14 April 2019) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 10 July 1942).
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
Bahía de CaráquezManabí
- coords
- -0.60°, -80.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.6°C
Average daily high
27.9°C
Average daily low
22.6°C
Annual rainfall
600mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.0 °C
Average feels-like low
25.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
360 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · p = < 0.001
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
33.2 °C
14 April 2019
Coldest day
18.4 °C
10 July 1942
Wettest day
170 mm
11 February 1987
Windiest day
28.2 km/h
26 April 2014
Strongest gust
54.4 km/h
13 October 1966
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
15 February 1998
Coldest feels-like
18.4 °C
10 July 1942
Sunniest day
11.9 h
2 November 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -47 mm |
| Feb | 29.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 342 mm | +188 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 376 mm | +254 mm |
| Apr | 29.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 112 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 29.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 9 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | 0 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 18 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 28.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 7 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bahía de Caráquez?
Bahía de Caráquez has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 600 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bahía de Caráquez?
The hottest day measured in Bahía de Caráquez between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 2019, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bahía de Caráquez?
The coldest day measured in Bahía de Caráquez between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1942, at 18.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bahía de Caráquez?
Almost never: Bahía de Caráquez sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bahía de Caráquez warmed?
Yes: Bahía de Caráquez warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bahía de Caráquez?
The wettest day measured in Bahía de Caráquez between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1987, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bahía de Caráquez?
The windiest day measured in Bahía de Caráquez between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 28.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bahía de Caráquez?
The warmest month in Bahía de Caráquez is March (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bahía de Caráquez?
Bahía de Caráquez receives on average 600 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bahía de Caráquez?
Bahía de Caráquez gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bahía de Caráquez?
Yes: Bahía de Caráquez has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bahía de Caráquez?
In Bahía de Caráquez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 15 February 1998, and the lowest was 18.4 °C on 10 July 1942.
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