Nueva Loja climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 3,194 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nueva Loja?

The hottest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1964, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nueva Loja?

The coldest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1975, at 14.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nueva Loja?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nueva Loja warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Nueva Loja?

The wettest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1971, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nueva Loja?

The windiest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2022, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nueva Loja?

The warmest month in Nueva Loja is February (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja receives on average 3,194 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 301 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nueva Loja (Ecuador) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 3,194 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 February (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Nueva Loja averages 0 frost days, 117 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 301 rainy days per year.

Nueva Loja 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 40.4 °C (on 15 February 1964) and the coldest 14.2 °C (on 19 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

Nueva LojaSucumbíos

coords: 0.09°, -76.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.2°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

20.8°C

Annual rainfall

3,194mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

88%

Average peak wind

6.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

117 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

301 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.1 °C

Average feels-like low

24.4 °C

Average peak gust

21.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

296 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

40.4 °C

15 February 1964

Coldest day

14.2 °C

19 July 1975

Wettest day

210 mm

28 May 1971

Windiest day

23.9 km/h

2 November 2022

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

18 July 1975

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

21 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

19 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 September 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.5 °C20 January 2025	18.9 °C6 July 2025	24.9 °C	3,207 mm	122
2024	37.5 °C26 September 2024	18.5 °C3 August 2024	25.7 °C	2,638 mm	207
2023	36.2 °C27 September 2023	18.4 °C17 June 2023	25.3 °C	3,096 mm	173
2022	36.0 °C8 January 2022	17.0 °C21 August 2022	25.0 °C	3,296 mm	181
2021	34.6 °C13 October 2021	17.7 °C1 July 2021	24.9 °C	3,624 mm	163
2020	35.3 °C14 April 2020	18.3 °C2 September 2020	25.3 °C	3,395 mm	196
2019	34.8 °C10 April 2019	16.9 °C6 August 2019	24.9 °C	4,888 mm	147
2018	35.4 °C18 October 2018	18.1 °C29 August 2018	24.7 °C	4,779 mm	162
2017	35.1 °C2 October 2017	16.8 °C20 July 2017	25.0 °C	4,896 mm	186
2016	36.7 °C28 January 2016	17.6 °C30 October 2016	25.1 °C	3,308 mm	174
2015	35.3 °C29 October 2015	19.1 °C15 April 2015	24.9 °C	2,872 mm	144
2014	34.6 °C24 October 2014	17.8 °C26 July 2014	24.6 °C	2,981 mm	136
2013	35.2 °C27 April 2013	17.5 °C26 July 2013	24.6 °C	3,000 mm	144
2012	34.7 °C15 October 2012	18.2 °C20 July 2012	24.5 °C	3,269 mm	158
2011	34.7 °C27 January 2011	17.7 °C25 August 2011	24.7 °C	3,589 mm	189
2010	36.2 °C13 January 2010	17.4 °C19 July 2010	25.2 °C	2,846 mm	222
2009	35.5 °C6 November 2009	18.8 °C13 September 2009	24.8 °C	2,987 mm	185
2008	35.1 °C2 February 2008	18.5 °C5 July 2008	24.7 °C	2,922 mm	170
2007	37.1 °C19 February 2007	17.1 °C28 July 2007	24.8 °C	2,995 mm	175
2006	36.0 °C17 May 2006	17.5 °C20 September 2006	24.7 °C	2,541 mm	191
2005	35.8 °C3 October 2005	16.5 °C11 July 2005	24.8 °C	2,613 mm	209
2004	34.4 °C27 January 2004	16.6 °C28 January 2004	24.5 °C	2,547 mm	155
2003	33.3 °C14 February 2003	17.5 °C14 July 2003	23.8 °C	2,542 mm	80
2002	33.1 °C6 January 2002	18.2 °C10 March 2002	24.0 °C	2,325 mm	82
2001	33.5 °C1 October 2001	16.9 °C1 February 2001	23.9 °C	2,622 mm	69
2000	33.5 °C12 February 2000	18.2 °C15 July 2000	23.8 °C	3,129 mm	59
1999	32.3 °C15 November 1999	15.8 °C17 August 1999	23.5 °C	3,252 mm	47
1998	33.0 °C27 March 1998	18.1 °C19 May 1998	24.3 °C	3,321 mm	87
1997	33.1 °C25 March 1997	17.5 °C11 August 1997	24.2 °C	3,071 mm	95
1996	33.3 °C30 March 1996	16.9 °C1 July 1996	23.8 °C	3,138 mm	77
1995	35.8 °C14 February 1995	18.0 °C16 February 1995	24.3 °C	3,108 mm	122
1994	34.1 °C16 November 1994	16.2 °C27 June 1994	24.1 °C	3,828 mm	123
1993	33.8 °C8 May 1993	16.2 °C2 August 1993	24.1 °C	3,281 mm	121
1992	35.5 °C4 February 1992	17.2 °C25 July 1992	24.4 °C	3,571 mm	141
1991	34.4 °C5 February 1991	17.7 °C4 August 1991	24.3 °C	3,383 mm	121
1990	35.2 °C12 January 1990	15.8 °C24 July 1990	24.2 °C	3,552 mm	99
1989	35.9 °C24 December 1989	16.1 °C8 July 1989	23.9 °C	3,210 mm	86
1988	35.7 °C15 January 1988	16.0 °C27 July 1988	24.3 °C	3,183 mm	125
1987	34.4 °C26 March 1987	17.9 °C27 June 1987	24.5 °C	3,303 mm	146
1986	34.3 °C13 May 1986	17.6 °C24 July 1986	23.7 °C	3,513 mm	84
1985	36.0 °C30 January 1985	16.1 °C12 June 1985	23.9 °C	3,124 mm	113
1984	34.0 °C14 March 1984	16.8 °C28 August 1984	23.9 °C	3,426 mm	90
1983	37.8 °C12 February 1983	19.0 °C10 December 1983	24.6 °C	2,742 mm	135
1982	33.5 °C22 January 1982	17.2 °C20 January 1982	24.3 °C	3,142 mm	102
1981	35.2 °C26 January 1981	15.0 °C21 July 1981	24.5 °C	3,414 mm	143
1980	38.0 °C1 March 1980	18.8 °C3 August 1980	24.7 °C	2,668 mm	157
1979	37.1 °C19 January 1979	17.8 °C9 February 1979	24.4 °C	3,114 mm	137
1978	35.5 °C13 March 1978	15.5 °C17 August 1978	24.5 °C	3,203 mm	161
1977	37.7 °C4 February 1977	18.0 °C19 May 1977	24.6 °C	3,278 mm	159
1976	33.7 °C25 September 1976	16.9 °C3 July 1976	23.8 °C	3,595 mm	106
1975	33.1 °C10 February 1975	14.2 °C19 July 1975	23.5 °C	3,975 mm	60
1974	33.4 °C5 March 1974	17.5 °C9 July 1974	23.5 °C	3,459 mm	82
1973	34.0 °C9 March 1973	18.9 °C3 September 1973	24.1 °C	3,243 mm	113
1972	34.5 °C12 October 1972	17.6 °C28 December 1972	24.2 °C	3,390 mm	131
1971	33.7 °C24 January 1971	17.5 °C18 July 1971	23.6 °C	4,111 mm	93
1970	35.0 °C6 May 1970	17.8 °C12 July 1970	24.2 °C	3,369 mm	138
1969	34.3 °C14 November 1969	17.2 °C11 July 1969	24.4 °C	3,436 mm	149
1968	34.2 °C3 November 1968	16.7 °C5 May 1968	23.9 °C	3,272 mm	124
1967	34.5 °C10 May 1967	17.4 °C17 July 1967	23.9 °C	3,247 mm	96
1966	34.6 °C11 February 1966	16.1 °C3 June 1966	24.2 °C	3,716 mm	116
1965	36.2 °C10 February 1965	15.1 °C22 August 1965	24.2 °C	2,483 mm	137
1964	40.4 °C15 February 1964	17.1 °C31 August 1964	24.6 °C	2,530 mm	160
1963	34.4 °C31 January 1963	17.3 °C9 August 1963	24.4 °C	2,480 mm	189
1962	34.5 °C15 January 1962	16.7 °C3 July 1962	23.9 °C	2,240 mm	154
1961	34.4 °C3 September 1961	17.0 °C10 July 1961	23.9 °C	2,709 mm	144
1960	35.7 °C5 February 1960	16.8 °C23 December 1960	24.1 °C	2,397 mm	145
1959	38.5 °C1 February 1959	17.0 °C30 July 1959	24.2 °C	2,550 mm	154
1958	35.9 °C8 February 1958	17.5 °C23 June 1958	24.4 °C	3,685 mm	160
1957	34.4 °C7 October 1957	15.6 °C23 July 1957	24.0 °C	2,747 mm	138
1956	31.2 °C9 March 1956	18.3 °C6 August 1956	23.0 °C	3,865 mm	7
1955	32.5 °C29 January 1955	14.7 °C2 August 1955	23.3 °C	2,951 mm	21
1954	33.2 °C18 February 1954	18.3 °C12 August 1954	23.4 °C	3,293 mm	38
1953	34.0 °C28 February 1953	18.4 °C4 August 1953	23.8 °C	3,316 mm	64
1952	32.8 °C23 February 1952	17.3 °C24 September 1952	23.5 °C	2,956 mm	40
1951	31.2 °C6 March 1951	18.2 °C12 July 1951	23.3 °C	3,619 mm	13
1950	32.0 °C2 February 1950	16.5 °C12 January 1950	23.3 °C	3,346 mm	21
1949	30.8 °C23 April 1949	17.4 °C31 January 1949	23.1 °C	2,998 mm	14
1948	32.2 °C7 March 1948	17.3 °C16 February 1948	23.3 °C	2,801 mm	38
1947	32.6 °C18 March 1947	18.9 °C16 August 1947	23.6 °C	3,414 mm	29
1946	31.7 °C11 May 1946	18.2 °C12 August 1946	23.3 °C	3,429 mm	30
1945	32.3 °C29 December 1945	17.2 °C1 January 1945	23.6 °C	2,803 mm	73
1944	33.0 °C19 February 1944	16.2 °C19 February 1944	23.7 °C	2,437 mm	43
1943	31.1 °C18 February 1943	17.3 °C11 August 1943	22.9 °C	2,906 mm	21
1942	32.5 °C14 February 1942	15.5 °C15 July 1942	23.1 °C	3,765 mm	41
1941	33.2 °C10 March 1941	18.6 °C25 July 1941	23.7 °C	3,679 mm	77
1940	35.6 °C1 February 1940	17.3 °C14 January 1940	24.2 °C	2,737 mm	125

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3207 mm

+13 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.6 °C	+0.7 °C	92 mm	-84 mm
Feb	29.4 °C	-0.5 °C	131 mm	-82 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	-0.5 °C	363 mm	+35 mm
Apr	29.5 °C	+0.7 °C	370 mm	+8 mm
May	27.8 °C	-0.4 °C	509 mm	+145 mm
Jun	27.5 °C	+0.4 °C	415 mm	+98 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	-0.6 °C	281 mm	+11 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	-0.3 °C	261 mm	+50 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	0.0 °C	151 mm	-61 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	-0.5 °C	299 mm	+45 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	0.0 °C	249 mm	-17 mm
Dec	30.6 °C	+1.1 °C	87 mm	-135 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.5 °C

20 Jan 2025

Coldest day

18.9 °C

6 Jul 2025

Wettest day

118.2 mm

5 May 2025

Windiest day

19.2 km/h

2 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

40.7 km/h

2 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

20 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.0 °C

6 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

14 Sep 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 3,194 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nueva Loja?

The hottest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1964, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nueva Loja?

The coldest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1975, at 14.2 °C.

Does it snow in Nueva Loja?

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

Has the climate of Nueva Loja warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Nueva Loja?

The wettest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1971, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nueva Loja?

The windiest day measured in Nueva Loja between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2022, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nueva Loja?

The warmest month in Nueva Loja is February (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja receives on average 3,194 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 301 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nueva Loja?

Nueva Loja gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nueva Loja?

Yes: Nueva Loja has on average 296 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nueva Loja?

In Nueva Loja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 21 April 2010, and the lowest was 13.9 °C on 19 July 1975.

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