Latacunga climate — normals and trends
Latacunga (Ecuador) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,878 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 December (8.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Latacunga averages 1 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 311 rainy days per year.
Latacunga has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 19.1 °C (on 6 November 2009) and the coldest -3.0 °C (on 13 August 1945).
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
LatacungaCotopaxi
- coords
- -0.93°, -78.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,878mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
311 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
19.1 °C
6 November 2009
Coldest day
-3.0 °C
13 August 1945
Wettest day
75 mm
26 January 1958
Windiest day
113.9 km/h
20 April 2022
Strongest gust
64.1 km/h
25 July 2017
Hottest feels-like
21.2 °C
18 January 1981
Coldest feels-like
-10.6 °C
20 April 2022
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
21 March 1997
Sunniest day
12.0 h
29 January 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 231 mm | +62 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 355 mm | +165 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 428 mm | +199 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 278 mm | +57 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 198 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 12.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 188 mm | +68 mm |
| Jul | 11.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 224 mm | +119 mm |
| Aug | 12.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 124 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 13.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 135 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 246 mm | +75 mm |
| Nov | 14.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 275 mm | +107 mm |
| Dec | 14.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 93 mm | -73 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Latacunga?
Latacunga has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,878 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Latacunga?
The hottest day measured in Latacunga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 2009, reaching 19.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Latacunga?
The coldest day measured in Latacunga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1945, at -3.0 °C.
Does it snow in Latacunga?
Yes. Latacunga gets on average 1.4 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Latacunga warmed?
Yes: Latacunga warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Latacunga?
The wettest day measured in Latacunga between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1958, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Latacunga?
The windiest day measured in Latacunga between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2022, with winds reaching 113.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Latacunga?
The warmest month in Latacunga is December (8.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Latacunga?
Latacunga receives on average 1,878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 311 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Latacunga?
Latacunga gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Latacunga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Latacunga between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1997, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Latacunga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Latacunga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Latacunga?
In Latacunga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 21.2 °C on 18 January 1981, and the lowest was -10.6 °C on 20 April 2022.
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