Otavalo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Otavalo?

Otavalo has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,912 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1972, reaching 24.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Otavalo?

The coldest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at 0.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Otavalo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Otavalo warmed?

Yes: Otavalo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Otavalo?

The wettest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2010, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Otavalo?

The windiest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1993, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Otavalo?

The warmest month in Otavalo is May (12.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Otavalo?

Otavalo receives on average 1,912 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Otavalo?

Otavalo gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Otavalo (Ecuador) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,912 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 May (12.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Otavalo averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 253 rainy days per year.

Otavalo has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 24.3 °C (on 30 September 1972) and the coldest 0.8 °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

OtavaloImbabura

coords: 0.23°, -78.26°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

12.0°C

Average daily high

17.3°C

Average daily low

8.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,912mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

0.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

253 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

17.2 °C

Average feels-like low

6.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

24.3 °C

30 September 1972

Coldest day

0.8 °C

28 October 1947

Wettest day

88 mm

8 April 2010

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

3 August 1993

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

21 July 1951

Hottest feels-like

26.1 °C

21 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

-2.8 °C

28 October 1947

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall
2025	20.5 °C9 December 2025	3.6 °C9 December 2025	12.8 °C	2,664 mm
2024	22.2 °C26 January 2024	5.0 °C3 August 2024	13.4 °C	1,817 mm
2023	22.3 °C27 September 2023	6.0 °C18 August 2023	13.3 °C	2,037 mm
2022	20.7 °C13 September 2022	3.8 °C13 August 2022	12.6 °C	2,385 mm
2021	21.3 °C14 October 2021	5.0 °C31 January 2021	12.8 °C	2,401 mm
2020	22.0 °C5 February 2020	4.3 °C22 March 2020	13.2 °C	1,884 mm
2019	21.3 °C26 January 2019	5.5 °C30 August 2019	13.3 °C	1,826 mm
2018	22.5 °C1 October 2018	5.2 °C2 July 2018	13.0 °C	1,663 mm
2017	22.4 °C27 September 2017	1.7 °C23 January 2017	13.0 °C	1,856 mm
2016	22.1 °C15 January 2016	2.8 °C21 November 2016	13.4 °C	1,727 mm
2015	21.7 °C29 September 2015	5.9 °C15 September 2015	13.4 °C	1,246 mm
2014	21.3 °C26 September 2014	4.6 °C28 April 2014	12.8 °C	1,767 mm
2013	23.8 °C21 September 2013	5.1 °C1 June 2013	12.9 °C	1,713 mm
2012	22.0 °C19 September 2012	5.1 °C7 August 2012	12.6 °C	1,990 mm
2011	21.1 °C10 October 2011	4.8 °C23 December 2011	12.5 °C	2,129 mm
2010	23.3 °C12 March 2010	4.1 °C22 July 2010	12.9 °C	2,060 mm
2009	23.0 °C13 September 2009	4.1 °C11 July 2009	12.9 °C	1,612 mm
2008	20.9 °C28 September 2008	4.9 °C5 April 2008	12.2 °C	2,470 mm
2007	21.3 °C3 October 2007	3.6 °C28 July 2007	12.6 °C	1,812 mm
2006	23.4 °C10 October 2006	4.5 °C3 September 2006	12.7 °C	1,855 mm
2005	22.1 °C17 September 2005	4.3 °C22 August 2005	12.7 °C	1,744 mm
2004	21.5 °C25 September 2004	4.1 °C28 January 2004	12.6 °C	1,524 mm
2003	19.7 °C13 January 2003	4.7 °C15 July 2003	12.0 °C	1,638 mm
2002	19.9 °C12 September 2002	5.0 °C20 January 2002	12.1 °C	1,513 mm
2001	22.8 °C12 October 2001	3.9 °C1 February 2001	12.0 °C	1,417 mm
2000	19.1 °C18 October 2000	3.4 °C31 July 2000	11.5 °C	1,972 mm
1999	18.7 °C2 January 1999	4.2 °C10 July 1999	11.4 °C	2,197 mm
1998	20.6 °C16 February 1998	4.7 °C23 December 1998	12.5 °C	1,653 mm
1997	20.6 °C9 September 1997	5.0 °C6 March 1997	12.2 °C	1,548 mm
1996	20.3 °C12 May 1996	3.9 °C19 November 1996	11.8 °C	1,954 mm
1995	21.8 °C8 February 1995	4.3 °C16 February 1995	12.1 °C	1,622 mm
1994	22.1 °C21 September 1994	5.5 °C1 July 1994	12.1 °C	2,121 mm
1993	20.8 °C27 July 1993	4.9 °C18 July 1993	12.3 °C	1,926 mm
1992	22.0 °C3 November 1992	5.5 °C11 July 1992	12.5 °C	1,560 mm
1991	21.2 °C7 September 1991	5.0 °C3 September 1991	12.4 °C	1,812 mm
1990	21.6 °C29 September 1990	4.5 °C26 July 1990	12.5 °C	1,449 mm
1989	21.4 °C3 September 1989	3.8 °C11 July 1989	11.8 °C	1,870 mm
1988	20.7 °C20 February 1988	4.2 °C21 December 1988	12.0 °C	2,214 mm
1987	22.3 °C6 September 1987	5.5 °C27 November 1987	12.7 °C	1,569 mm
1986	20.6 °C14 September 1986	4.0 °C29 November 1986	11.9 °C	2,057 mm
1985	20.2 °C24 September 1985	3.6 °C1 November 1985	11.5 °C	1,613 mm
1984	20.2 °C6 September 1984	2.6 °C15 January 1984	11.5 °C	1,933 mm
1983	22.5 °C8 October 1983	5.3 °C11 July 1983	12.6 °C	1,568 mm
1982	21.4 °C21 January 1982	4.4 °C19 January 1982	12.5 °C	2,083 mm
1981	21.9 °C28 September 1981	5.5 °C22 July 1981	12.3 °C	2,224 mm
1980	22.0 °C3 September 1980	2.3 °C8 November 1980	12.6 °C	1,648 mm
1979	21.2 °C19 February 1979	4.0 °C29 October 1979	12.2 °C	1,712 mm
1978	21.7 °C23 February 1978	2.6 °C18 August 1978	12.2 °C	1,633 mm
1977	22.1 °C19 September 1977	3.8 °C13 November 1977	12.5 °C	1,370 mm
1976	20.8 °C18 August 1976	3.0 °C17 August 1976	11.7 °C	1,837 mm
1975	19.2 °C13 February 1975	3.7 °C24 July 1975	11.2 °C	2,488 mm
1974	19.5 °C24 April 1974	4.2 °C27 August 1974	11.1 °C	2,273 mm
1973	21.3 °C26 February 1973	2.3 °C23 October 1973	11.9 °C	2,256 mm
1972	24.3 °C30 September 1972	4.3 °C24 February 1972	12.2 °C	1,671 mm
1971	20.6 °C23 August 1971	4.1 °C29 July 1971	11.2 °C	2,590 mm
1970	20.8 °C27 August 1970	4.8 °C29 June 1970	11.9 °C	1,873 mm
1969	21.4 °C16 September 1969	4.8 °C7 October 1969	12.1 °C	1,919 mm
1968	21.0 °C25 September 1968	3.9 °C3 January 1968	11.8 °C	2,190 mm
1967	20.8 °C26 September 1967	2.9 °C26 November 1967	11.8 °C	1,589 mm
1966	22.7 °C2 February 1966	3.9 °C13 April 1966	12.1 °C	1,806 mm
1965	20.7 °C8 October 1965	4.4 °C14 July 1965	11.9 °C	1,856 mm
1964	22.5 °C19 January 1964	3.5 °C27 October 1964	12.0 °C	1,730 mm
1963	21.8 °C23 October 1963	4.0 °C4 September 1963	11.9 °C	1,647 mm
1962	20.8 °C27 September 1962	3.8 °C24 June 1962	11.5 °C	1,975 mm
1961	20.5 °C17 March 1961	3.5 °C23 August 1961	11.5 °C	1,485 mm
1960	21.9 °C6 October 1960	3.7 °C11 March 1960	11.6 °C	1,641 mm
1959	21.7 °C26 September 1959	3.4 °C8 August 1959	11.6 °C	1,695 mm
1958	22.4 °C9 September 1958	4.6 °C29 July 1958	12.1 °C	1,799 mm
1957	23.1 °C6 October 1957	3.7 °C14 December 1957	11.6 °C	1,758 mm
1956	17.6 °C30 September 1956	4.1 °C9 January 1956	10.5 °C	2,242 mm
1955	19.0 °C7 October 1955	3.8 °C3 August 1955	10.6 °C	2,354 mm
1954	19.1 °C20 September 1954	2.1 °C20 November 1954	10.7 °C	1,971 mm
1953	18.5 °C5 December 1953	4.2 °C19 December 1953	11.2 °C	2,340 mm
1952	19.2 °C21 October 1952	3.8 °C18 November 1952	11.3 °C	1,840 mm
1951	19.1 °C10 September 1951	3.3 °C18 May 1951	11.2 °C	2,095 mm
1950	18.3 °C16 September 1950	1.8 °C18 November 1950	10.5 °C	2,341 mm
1949	18.4 °C11 August 1949	3.9 °C12 August 1949	10.9 °C	1,883 mm
1948	19.8 °C23 September 1948	3.2 °C21 November 1948	11.4 °C	1,928 mm
1947	19.4 °C5 November 1947	0.8 °C28 October 1947	11.3 °C	2,172 mm
1946	19.7 °C21 September 1946	3.1 °C15 November 1946	11.3 °C	2,027 mm
1945	20.1 °C21 September 1945	2.5 °C13 August 1945	10.9 °C	2,411 mm
1944	20.0 °C29 August 1944	4.0 °C20 February 1944	11.2 °C	2,152 mm
1943	20.0 °C9 September 1943	4.1 °C16 March 1943	10.8 °C	2,356 mm
1942	19.6 °C4 April 1942	3.7 °C15 July 1942	11.2 °C	2,482 mm
1941	20.7 °C17 April 1941	4.6 °C2 November 1941	12.0 °C	1,987 mm
1940	20.1 °C5 September 1940	3.4 °C14 January 1940	11.5 °C	1,660 mm

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.3 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2664 mm

+752 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.4 °C	+0.4 °C	256 mm	+64 mm
Feb	16.8 °C	-0.2 °C	417 mm	+216 mm
Mar	17.4 °C	+0.3 °C	343 mm	+112 mm
Apr	17.9 °C	+0.7 °C	340 mm	+81 mm
May	17.8 °C	+0.5 °C	230 mm	+46 mm
Jun	17.2 °C	+0.3 °C	126 mm	+34 mm
Jul	17.1 °C	+0.2 °C	87 mm	+36 mm
Aug	17.3 °C	-0.4 °C	87 mm	+51 mm
Sep	17.7 °C	-0.6 °C	85 mm	+11 mm
Oct	16.9 °C	-0.7 °C	276 mm	+92 mm
Nov	16.7 °C	-0.4 °C	312 mm	+103 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	+0.2 °C	106 mm	-94 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

20.5 °C

9 Dec 2025

Coldest day

3.6 °C

9 Dec 2025

Wettest day

48.0 mm

9 Jan 2025

Windiest day

15.2 km/h

15 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

11 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

22.9 °C

19 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

9 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Otavalo?

Otavalo has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,912 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Otavalo?

The hottest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1972, reaching 24.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Otavalo?

The coldest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at 0.8 °C.

Does it snow in Otavalo?

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

Has the climate of Otavalo warmed?

Yes: Otavalo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Otavalo?

The wettest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2010, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Otavalo?

The windiest day measured in Otavalo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1993, with winds reaching 18.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Otavalo?

The warmest month in Otavalo is May (12.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Otavalo?

Otavalo receives on average 1,912 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Otavalo?

Otavalo gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Otavalo?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Otavalo?

In Otavalo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.1 °C on 21 December 2023, and the lowest was -2.8 °C on 28 October 1947.

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