Puyo climate — normals and trends
Puyo (Ecuador) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 2,170 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Puyo averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 308 rainy days per year.
Puyo has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.8 °C (on 20 January 1964) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 2 August 1955).
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
PuyoPastaza Province
- coords
- -1.49°, -78.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.8°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
16.3°C
Annual rainfall
2,170mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
1.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
308 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.6 °C
Average feels-like low
17.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
31.8 °C
20 January 1964
Coldest day
10.2 °C
2 August 1955
Wettest day
160 mm
28 December 2020
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
3 March 2009
Strongest gust
46.1 km/h
14 August 1978
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
15 February 2010
Coldest feels-like
9.3 °C
25 July 1957
Sunniest day
12.0 h
27 September 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 163 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 25.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 231 mm | +30 mm |
| Mar | 24.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 343 mm | +91 mm |
| Apr | 25.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 253 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 238 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 309 mm | +140 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 348 mm | +203 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 129 mm | +48 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 91 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 214 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 25.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 160 mm | -50 mm |
| Dec | 25.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 215 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puyo?
Puyo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 2,170 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puyo?
The hottest day measured in Puyo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, reaching 31.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puyo?
The coldest day measured in Puyo between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1955, at 10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Puyo?
Almost never: Puyo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puyo warmed?
Yes: Puyo warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puyo?
The wettest day measured in Puyo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 2020, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puyo?
The windiest day measured in Puyo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2009, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puyo?
The warmest month in Puyo is February (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Puyo?
Puyo receives on average 2,170 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 308 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puyo?
Puyo gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puyo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puyo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puyo?
In Puyo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 15 February 2010, and the lowest was 9.3 °C on 25 July 1957.
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