Machachi climate — normals and trends
Machachi (Ecuador) has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 1,915 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 September (10.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Machachi averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 331 rainy days per year.
Machachi has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 20.9 °C (on 19 October 2001) 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
MachachiPichincha
- coords
- -0.51°, -78.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,915mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
8.4km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
331 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
20.9 °C
19 October 2001
Coldest day
-1.0 °C
28 October 1947
Wettest day
67 mm
25 March 2019
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
20 April 2022
Strongest gust
75.2 km/h
4 August 1993
Hottest feels-like
21.3 °C
26 January 2024
Coldest feels-like
-4.6 °C
28 October 1947
Snowiest day
3.9 cm
9 March 1942
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 November 1941
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 | 15.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 251 mm | +66 mm |
| Feb | 14.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 355 mm | +159 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 425 mm | +195 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 283 mm | +48 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 183 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 14.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 126 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 14.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 127 mm | +47 mm |
| Aug | 14.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 99 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 129 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 266 mm | +89 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 257 mm | +71 mm |
| Dec | 15.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 104 mm | -84 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Machachi?
Machachi has a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 1,915 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Machachi?
The hottest day measured in Machachi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 2001, reaching 20.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Machachi?
The coldest day measured in Machachi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at -1.0 °C.
Does it snow in Machachi?
Yes. Machachi gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Machachi warmed?
Yes: Machachi warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Machachi?
The wettest day measured in Machachi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2019, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Machachi?
The windiest day measured in Machachi between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2022, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Machachi?
The warmest month in Machachi is September (10.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Machachi?
Machachi receives on average 1,915 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 331 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Machachi?
Machachi gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Machachi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Machachi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1942, with 3.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Machachi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Machachi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Machachi?
In Machachi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 21.3 °C on 26 January 2024, and the lowest was -4.6 °C on 28 October 1947.
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