Piñas climate — normals and trends
Piñas (Ecuador) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 4,188 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Piñas averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 323 rainy days per year.
Piñas has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.8 °C (on 15 September 1943) and the coldest 8.2 °C (on 2 December 1942).
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
PiñasEl Oro
- coords
- -3.68°, -79.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.5°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
16.4°C
Annual rainfall
4,188mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
89%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
1.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
323 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.6 °C
Average feels-like low
17.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
29.8 °C
15 September 1943
Coldest day
8.2 °C
2 December 1942
Wettest day
251 mm
1 February 1942
Windiest day
23.0 km/h
26 April 2014
Strongest gust
50.0 km/h
21 October 1979
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
23 March 1992
Coldest feels-like
6.3 °C
2 December 1942
Sunniest day
12.2 h
17 January 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 488 mm | -80 mm |
| Feb | 24.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 924 mm | +314 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 586 mm | -108 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 1085 mm | +492 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 383 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 156 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 27 mm | -90 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 97 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 149 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 277 mm | +62 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 386 mm | +179 mm |
| Dec | 25.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 114 mm | -218 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piñas?
Piñas has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 4,188 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piñas?
The hottest day measured in Piñas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1943, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piñas?
The coldest day measured in Piñas between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1942, at 8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Piñas?
Almost never: Piñas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Piñas warmed?
Yes: Piñas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piñas?
The wettest day measured in Piñas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1942, with 251 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piñas?
The windiest day measured in Piñas between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 2014, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piñas?
The warmest month in Piñas is April (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Piñas?
Piñas receives on average 4,188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 323 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piñas?
Piñas gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Piñas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Piñas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piñas?
In Piñas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 23 March 1992, and the lowest was 6.3 °C on 2 December 1942.
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