Quito climate — normals and trends
Quito (Ecuador) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 2,895 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 August (12.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Quito averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 345 rainy days per year.
Quito has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.1 °C (on 30 December 2015) and the coldest 0.2 °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
QuitoPichincha
- coords
- -0.23°, -78.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,895mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
8.1km/h
Seasonal range
0.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
345 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
7.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
23.1 °C
30 December 2015
Coldest day
0.2 °C
28 October 1947
Wettest day
65 mm
19 March 2019
Windiest day
30.1 km/h
20 April 2022
Strongest gust
53.6 km/h
4 August 1993
Hottest feels-like
25.0 °C
16 February 1998
Coldest feels-like
-3.3 °C
28 October 1947
Snowiest day
0.9 cm
3 August 1941
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 | 17.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 345 mm | +63 mm |
| Feb | 16.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 493 mm | +221 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 406 mm | +97 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 362 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 305 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 201 mm | +34 mm |
| Jul | 18.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 96 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 17.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 184 mm | +46 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 211 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 364 mm | +87 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 367 mm | +103 mm |
| Dec | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 180 mm | -95 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quito?
Quito has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 2,895 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quito?
The hottest day measured in Quito between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2015, reaching 23.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quito?
The coldest day measured in Quito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1947, at 0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Quito?
Almost never: Quito sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Quito warmed?
Yes: Quito warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quito?
The wettest day measured in Quito between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2019, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quito?
The windiest day measured in Quito between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2022, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quito?
The warmest month in Quito is August (12.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (11.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Quito?
Quito receives on average 2,895 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 345 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quito?
Quito gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Quito?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quito between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1941, with 0.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quito?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Quito.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quito?
In Quito, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.0 °C on 16 February 1998, and the lowest was -3.3 °C on 28 October 1947.
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