Gualaceo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gualaceo?

Gualaceo has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,921 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1984, reaching 23.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gualaceo?

The coldest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at 1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gualaceo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gualaceo warmed?

Yes: Gualaceo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gualaceo?

The wettest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1968, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gualaceo?

The windiest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gualaceo?

The warmest month in Gualaceo is March (12.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gualaceo?

Gualaceo receives on average 1,921 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gualaceo?

Gualaceo gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gualaceo (Ecuador) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,921 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 (12.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Gualaceo averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 271 rainy days per year.

Gualaceo has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 23.3 °C (on 3 November 1984) and the coldest 1.0 °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

GualaceoAzuay

coords: -2.89°, -78.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

12.1°C

Average daily high

16.1°C

Average daily low

8.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,921mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

271 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

16.1 °C

Average feels-like low

7.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

23.3 °C

3 November 1984

Coldest day

1.0 °C

28 October 1947

Wettest day

93 mm

12 April 1968

Windiest day

46.4 km/h

26 April 2014

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

9 July 1994

Hottest feels-like

24.9 °C

24 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.3 °C

28 October 1947

Sunniest day

12.2 h

17 January 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall
2025	23.0 °C8 December 2025	4.9 °C21 July 2025	13.0 °C	2,662 mm
2024	23.3 °C27 March 2024	4.6 °C19 August 2024	13.5 °C	1,728 mm
2023	22.0 °C6 October 2023	4.5 °C3 August 2023	13.2 °C	2,157 mm
2022	21.4 °C27 October 2022	3.9 °C25 August 2022	12.8 °C	2,127 mm
2021	20.6 °C13 October 2021	2.8 °C5 August 2021	12.8 °C	2,353 mm
2020	21.4 °C20 March 2020	3.6 °C5 August 2020	12.9 °C	1,807 mm
2019	20.4 °C12 December 2019	3.1 °C29 July 2019	12.7 °C	2,231 mm
2018	21.4 °C12 April 2018	3.2 °C7 September 2018	12.6 °C	2,223 mm
2017	21.7 °C23 January 2017	3.0 °C14 July 2017	13.0 °C	2,276 mm
2016	23.2 °C20 November 2016	3.5 °C21 November 2016	13.3 °C	1,770 mm
2015	21.3 °C20 February 2015	5.3 °C7 August 2015	13.0 °C	1,733 mm
2014	20.5 °C19 November 2014	3.6 °C31 August 2014	12.5 °C	1,719 mm
2013	21.4 °C20 March 2013	3.9 °C30 August 2013	12.6 °C	1,879 mm
2012	20.6 °C3 December 2012	3.5 °C7 August 2012	12.5 °C	2,100 mm
2011	22.2 °C18 November 2011	4.1 °C13 August 2011	12.6 °C	2,205 mm
2010	21.6 °C4 November 2010	3.3 °C19 August 2010	13.0 °C	1,553 mm
2009	23.2 °C6 November 2009	4.4 °C13 September 2009	12.7 °C	2,064 mm
2008	20.6 °C1 April 2008	3.9 °C5 June 2008	12.6 °C	2,012 mm
2007	21.3 °C4 December 2007	3.2 °C28 July 2007	12.4 °C	1,507 mm
2006	20.6 °C19 October 2006	3.3 °C8 September 2006	12.3 °C	1,808 mm
2005	22.7 °C16 January 2005	3.0 °C11 July 2005	12.4 °C	1,727 mm
2004	21.6 °C25 December 2004	3.5 °C21 August 2004	12.1 °C	1,603 mm
2003	19.5 °C15 March 2003	3.2 °C14 July 2003	11.6 °C	1,590 mm
2002	19.8 °C11 April 2002	3.9 °C23 September 2002	11.6 °C	1,682 mm
2001	19.7 °C22 February 2001	3.4 °C10 August 2001	11.4 °C	1,619 mm
2000	21.3 °C12 November 2000	3.9 °C29 August 2000	11.5 °C	1,750 mm
1999	21.1 °C25 December 1999	1.4 °C3 August 1999	11.4 °C	2,081 mm
1998	22.2 °C2 December 1998	5.4 °C21 July 1998	12.4 °C	1,581 mm
1997	20.3 °C14 November 1997	4.6 °C4 September 1997	12.0 °C	1,916 mm
1996	21.2 °C18 November 1996	2.6 °C14 July 1996	11.7 °C	1,901 mm
1995	22.0 °C15 March 1995	4.5 °C27 May 1995	12.3 °C	1,393 mm
1994	20.6 °C20 October 1994	4.0 °C14 August 1994	12.2 °C	2,154 mm
1993	20.2 °C4 May 1993	4.3 °C13 June 1993	12.4 °C	2,034 mm
1992	21.5 °C19 April 1992	4.6 °C27 August 1992	12.6 °C	1,757 mm
1991	21.7 °C1 April 1991	4.4 °C26 August 1991	12.4 °C	2,021 mm
1990	21.2 °C27 March 1990	3.9 °C26 July 1990	12.2 °C	1,698 mm
1989	22.4 °C8 November 1989	3.4 °C9 November 1989	11.9 °C	1,875 mm
1988	21.8 °C29 February 1988	3.9 °C14 July 1988	12.4 °C	1,901 mm
1987	22.7 °C26 November 1987	5.2 °C10 August 1987	12.6 °C	1,969 mm
1986	20.3 °C31 January 1986	2.7 °C29 November 1986	11.8 °C	2,337 mm
1985	22.9 °C3 November 1985	2.7 °C27 November 1985	11.6 °C	1,896 mm
1984	23.3 °C3 November 1984	3.2 °C1 August 1984	12.1 °C	1,774 mm
1983	20.9 °C4 March 1983	4.4 °C9 August 1983	12.8 °C	1,670 mm
1982	21.7 °C13 April 1982	3.5 °C18 July 1982	12.6 °C	2,176 mm
1981	21.5 °C12 October 1981	4.3 °C15 July 1981	12.6 °C	1,840 mm
1980	21.9 °C6 November 1980	3.4 °C3 August 1980	12.5 °C	1,704 mm
1979	21.8 °C29 October 1979	4.0 °C20 December 1979	12.5 °C	1,625 mm
1978	21.6 °C15 October 1978	2.2 °C18 August 1978	12.4 °C	1,572 mm
1977	21.7 °C27 December 1977	4.4 °C24 August 1977	12.3 °C	1,603 mm
1976	20.5 °C2 January 1976	2.6 °C22 July 1976	11.6 °C	2,193 mm
1975	20.9 °C14 March 1975	1.6 °C20 July 1975	11.6 °C	2,185 mm
1974	20.8 °C18 January 1974	1.1 °C9 July 1974	11.2 °C	2,184 mm
1973	20.9 °C30 November 1973	4.9 °C10 July 1973	12.2 °C	1,825 mm
1972	21.7 °C22 December 1972	4.3 °C15 August 1972	12.3 °C	2,088 mm
1971	19.2 °C3 November 1971	3.4 °C14 September 1971	11.7 °C	2,575 mm
1970	20.8 °C8 November 1970	4.0 °C3 August 1970	12.0 °C	1,945 mm
1969	20.8 °C18 November 1969	4.4 °C14 July 1969	12.1 °C	2,015 mm
1968	20.3 °C31 January 1968	3.6 °C31 July 1968	11.5 °C	2,222 mm
1967	21.1 °C20 March 1967	2.8 °C26 November 1967	11.4 °C	1,905 mm
1966	20.1 °C22 October 1966	2.6 °C4 June 1966	11.6 °C	1,819 mm
1965	19.8 °C29 September 1965	3.0 °C22 August 1965	11.5 °C	1,828 mm
1964	20.5 °C26 January 1964	2.3 °C29 July 1964	11.6 °C	1,392 mm
1963	21.5 °C12 November 1963	3.2 °C18 July 1963	11.5 °C	1,728 mm
1962	19.6 °C30 September 1962	2.5 °C23 August 1962	11.3 °C	2,161 mm
1961	20.6 °C6 November 1961	2.1 °C4 August 1961	11.2 °C	1,657 mm
1960	21.5 °C14 December 1960	4.1 °C8 July 1960	11.6 °C	1,490 mm
1959	20.5 °C29 September 1959	2.8 °C14 July 1959	11.7 °C	1,437 mm
1958	20.4 °C17 January 1958	2.7 °C23 June 1958	12.0 °C	1,834 mm
1957	21.1 °C9 December 1957	3.2 °C23 July 1957	11.4 °C	1,725 mm
1956	20.3 °C24 November 1956	2.5 °C26 November 1956	11.1 °C	2,030 mm
1955	20.6 °C26 December 1955	2.3 °C2 August 1955	11.2 °C	2,102 mm
1954	20.8 °C18 November 1954	3.1 °C21 November 1954	11.1 °C	1,730 mm
1953	20.6 °C18 December 1953	3.2 °C22 July 1953	11.7 °C	2,525 mm
1952	19.8 °C12 December 1952	4.2 °C19 June 1952	11.4 °C	2,061 mm
1951	19.7 °C17 December 1951	4.4 °C12 February 1951	11.5 °C	2,088 mm
1950	21.2 °C15 November 1950	3.4 °C7 August 1950	11.3 °C	2,059 mm
1949	20.8 °C26 November 1949	3.6 °C24 December 1949	11.2 °C	1,601 mm
1948	19.8 °C16 November 1948	3.3 °C16 August 1948	11.5 °C	1,898 mm
1947	20.4 °C26 November 1947	1.0 °C28 October 1947	12.1 °C	2,208 mm
1946	20.8 °C18 November 1946	3.4 °C8 August 1946	11.6 °C	1,684 mm
1945	21.2 °C24 November 1945	2.8 °C14 August 1945	11.6 °C	1,964 mm
1944	21.3 °C15 November 1944	3.8 °C19 September 1944	11.9 °C	1,637 mm
1943	19.7 °C6 January 1943	2.6 °C3 September 1943	11.1 °C	2,252 mm
1942	21.5 °C27 November 1942	2.1 °C29 August 1942	11.3 °C	2,828 mm
1941	20.9 °C28 October 1941	4.1 °C2 August 1941	12.0 °C	2,562 mm
1940	20.2 °C12 October 1940	4.6 °C4 July 1940	11.8 °C	1,415 mm

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.0 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2662 mm

+741 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.7 °C	+0.8 °C	293 mm	+94 mm
Feb	17.8 °C	+0.9 °C	326 mm	+103 mm
Mar	18.2 °C	+1.2 °C	414 mm	+169 mm
Apr	18.4 °C	+1.6 °C	232 mm	+23 mm
May	16.8 °C	+0.7 °C	204 mm	+56 mm
Jun	16.0 °C	+1.2 °C	148 mm	+27 mm
Jul	13.9 °C	0.0 °C	308 mm	+184 mm
Aug	15.3 °C	+0.9 °C	118 mm	+49 mm
Sep	15.8 °C	+0.1 °C	105 mm	+43 mm
Oct	17.3 °C	+0.6 °C	141 mm	-7 mm
Nov	18.2 °C	+0.9 °C	221 mm	+44 mm
Dec	19.1 °C	+2.0 °C	151 mm	-43 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

23.0 °C

8 Dec 2025

Coldest day

4.9 °C

21 Jul 2025

Wettest day

53.9 mm

2 Jul 2025

Windiest day

12.3 km/h

28 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

11 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

23.8 °C

3 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.5 °C

21 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

5 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gualaceo?

Gualaceo has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,921 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gualaceo?

The hottest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1984, reaching 23.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gualaceo?

The coldest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at 1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Gualaceo?

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

Has the climate of Gualaceo warmed?

Yes: Gualaceo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gualaceo?

The wettest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1968, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gualaceo?

The windiest day measured in Gualaceo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gualaceo?

The warmest month in Gualaceo is March (12.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Gualaceo?

Gualaceo receives on average 1,921 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gualaceo?

Gualaceo gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gualaceo?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gualaceo.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gualaceo?

In Gualaceo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.9 °C on 24 March 2024, and the lowest was -2.3 °C on 28 October 1947.

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