El Guabo climate — normals and trends
El Guabo (Ecuador) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 3,175 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
El Guabo averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 342 rainy days per year.
El Guabo 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 28.9 °C (on 28 March 2016) and the coldest 12.2 °C (on 20 October 1950).
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
El GuaboEl Oro
- coords
- -3.24°, -79.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.3°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
17.7°C
Annual rainfall
3,175mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
91%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
2.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
342 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.6 °C
Average feels-like low
19.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
28.9 °C
28 March 2016
Coldest day
12.2 °C
20 October 1950
Wettest day
187 mm
5 February 1983
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
26 April 2014
Strongest gust
42.5 km/h
9 November 1997
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
28 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
12.1 °C
19 November 1954
Sunniest day
12.2 h
23 January 1943
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 | 25.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 378 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 25.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 554 mm | +135 mm |
| Mar | 26.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 400 mm | -78 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 635 mm | +228 mm |
| May | 25.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 233 mm | -75 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 140 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 56 mm | -67 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 123 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 146 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 234 mm | +55 mm |
| Nov | 23.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 249 mm | +87 mm |
| Dec | 24.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 121 mm | -138 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Guabo?
El Guabo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 3,175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Guabo?
The hottest day measured in El Guabo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2016, reaching 28.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Guabo?
The coldest day measured in El Guabo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1950, at 12.2 °C.
Does it snow in El Guabo?
Almost never: El Guabo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Guabo warmed?
Yes: El Guabo warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Guabo?
The wettest day measured in El Guabo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1983, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Guabo?
The windiest day measured in El Guabo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Guabo?
The warmest month in El Guabo is March (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.2 °C).
How much does it rain in El Guabo?
El Guabo receives on average 3,175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 342 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Guabo?
El Guabo gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Guabo?
Yes: El Guabo has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Guabo?
In El Guabo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 12.1 °C on 19 November 1954.
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