Cayambe climate — normals and trends
Cayambe (Ecuador) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,966 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 April (10.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Cayambe averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 294 rainy days per year.
Cayambe has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.2 °C (on 12 March 2010) and the coldest -0.7 °C (on 28 October 1947).
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
CayambePichincha
- coords
- 0.04°, -78.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,966mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
294 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
22.2 °C
12 March 2010
Coldest day
-0.7 °C
28 October 1947
Wettest day
69 mm
8 April 2010
Windiest day
23.0 km/h
26 April 2014
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
21 July 1951
Hottest feels-like
23.7 °C
21 December 2023
Coldest feels-like
-4.7 °C
28 October 1947
Snowiest day
3.1 cm
10 May 1942
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 October 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 257 mm | +78 mm |
| Feb | 15.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 430 mm | +238 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 377 mm | +147 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 350 mm | +89 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 270 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 15.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 165 mm | +52 mm |
| Jul | 15.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 103 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 15.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 121 mm | +60 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 116 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 302 mm | +116 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 323 mm | +133 mm |
| Dec | 15.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 98 mm | -83 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cayambe?
Cayambe has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,966 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cayambe?
The hottest day measured in Cayambe between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2010, reaching 22.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cayambe?
The coldest day measured in Cayambe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at -0.7 °C.
Does it snow in Cayambe?
Almost never: Cayambe sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cayambe warmed?
Yes: Cayambe warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cayambe?
The wettest day measured in Cayambe between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2010, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cayambe?
The windiest day measured in Cayambe between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cayambe?
The warmest month in Cayambe is April (10.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Cayambe?
Cayambe receives on average 1,966 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 294 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cayambe?
Cayambe gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cayambe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cayambe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1942, with 3.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cayambe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cayambe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cayambe?
In Cayambe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 23.7 °C on 21 December 2023, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 28 October 1947.
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