Guaranda climate — normals and trends
Guaranda (Ecuador) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 4,449 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 (11.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Guaranda averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 342 rainy days per year.
Guaranda has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 21.4 °C (on 1 May 1983) and the coldest 1.0 °C (on 24 July 1975).
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
GuarandaBolívar
- coords
- -1.59°, -79.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
4,449mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
88%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
1.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
342 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
21.4 °C
1 May 1983
Coldest day
1.0 °C
24 July 1975
Wettest day
122 mm
24 February 1942
Windiest day
402.5 km/h
26 April 2014
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
30 March 1980
Hottest feels-like
25.9 °C
1 May 1983
Coldest feels-like
-49.7 °C
26 April 2014
Snowiest day
3.9 cm
24 February 1942
Sunniest day
12.0 h
29 January 2004
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 | 16.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 490 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 16.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 684 mm | +173 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 751 mm | +166 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 451 mm | -76 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 316 mm | -66 mm |
| Jun | 16.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 231 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | -70 mm |
| Aug | 16.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 274 mm | +75 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 310 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 401 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 406 mm | +72 mm |
| Dec | 16.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 243 mm | -163 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Guaranda?
Guaranda has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 4,449 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guaranda?
The hottest day measured in Guaranda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1983, reaching 21.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Guaranda?
The coldest day measured in Guaranda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1975, at 1.0 °C.
Does it snow in Guaranda?
Yes. Guaranda gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Guaranda warmed?
Yes: Guaranda warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Guaranda?
The wettest day measured in Guaranda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1942, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Guaranda?
The windiest day measured in Guaranda between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 402.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Guaranda?
The warmest month in Guaranda is April (11.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Guaranda?
Guaranda receives on average 4,449 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 342 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Guaranda?
Guaranda gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guaranda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guaranda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1942, with 3.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Guaranda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Guaranda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guaranda?
In Guaranda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.9 °C on 1 May 1983, and the lowest was -49.7 °C on 26 April 2014.
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