Rosa Zarate climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,919 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rosa Zarate?

The hottest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1979, reaching 36.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rosa Zarate?

The coldest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1942, at 16.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rosa Zarate?

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

Q: Has the climate of Rosa Zarate warmed?

Yes: Rosa Zarate warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rosa Zarate?

The wettest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1983, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rosa Zarate?

The windiest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2006, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rosa Zarate?

The warmest month in Rosa Zarate is April (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate receives on average 1,919 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rosa Zarate (Ecuador) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,919 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Rosa Zarate averages 0 frost days, 96 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 232 rainy days per year.

Rosa Zarate has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 24 November 1979) and the coldest 16.7 °C (on 10 July 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

Rosa ZarateEsmeraldas

coords: 0.33°, -79.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

24.5°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

21.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,919mm

Sunshine / day

7.5h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

0.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

96 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

232 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

25.0 °C

Average peak gust

22.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

345 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

36.2 °C

24 November 1979

Coldest day

16.7 °C

10 July 1942

Wettest day

171 mm

2 January 1983

Windiest day

24.9 km/h

28 March 2006

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

31 July 1941

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

12 April 1958

Coldest feels-like

17.9 °C

10 July 1942

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.0 °C5 December 2025	20.0 °C15 December 2025	25.5 °C	2,094 mm	154
2024	34.2 °C14 November 2024	18.6 °C9 November 2024	25.9 °C	1,644 mm	203
2023	33.8 °C7 October 2023	21.3 °C1 January 2023	26.0 °C	3,011 mm	210
2022	34.8 °C31 October 2022	19.6 °C21 July 2022	25.1 °C	1,604 mm	137
2021	33.4 °C25 August 2021	19.8 °C5 July 2021	25.3 °C	2,066 mm	128
2020	34.1 °C15 November 2020	19.8 °C13 November 2020	25.5 °C	1,530 mm	158
2019	32.7 °C16 March 2019	19.0 °C2 September 2019	25.5 °C	1,738 mm	137
2018	33.7 °C24 October 2018	19.8 °C30 June 2018	25.3 °C	1,489 mm	156
2017	33.2 °C10 February 2017	19.9 °C14 July 2017	25.4 °C	1,655 mm	162
2016	33.6 °C20 November 2016	19.1 °C1 November 2016	25.6 °C	1,927 mm	160
2015	32.6 °C17 September 2015	21.0 °C21 August 2015	25.7 °C	2,439 mm	156
2014	32.2 °C14 September 2014	19.4 °C2 September 2014	25.1 °C	2,030 mm	70
2013	33.0 °C2 December 2013	19.5 °C23 August 2013	24.9 °C	1,668 mm	95
2012	35.1 °C22 October 2012	19.6 °C8 August 2012	25.0 °C	2,549 mm	136
2011	35.4 °C26 November 2011	18.8 °C18 November 2011	25.2 °C	1,499 mm	158
2010	34.7 °C3 October 2010	19.4 °C25 July 2010	25.3 °C	1,828 mm	167
2009	35.5 °C17 November 2009	19.9 °C1 October 2009	25.3 °C	1,446 mm	172
2008	33.7 °C29 November 2008	19.8 °C2 July 2008	24.8 °C	1,973 mm	115
2007	33.9 °C5 November 2007	19.3 °C14 September 2007	24.9 °C	1,394 mm	93
2006	33.2 °C27 October 2006	19.7 °C22 July 2006	24.9 °C	1,802 mm	113
2005	35.4 °C23 November 2005	19.2 °C23 November 2005	24.9 °C	1,412 mm	124
2004	32.9 °C11 April 2004	19.5 °C27 May 2004	24.5 °C	1,513 mm	65
2003	31.6 °C20 March 2003	18.9 °C24 July 2003	23.8 °C	1,880 mm	10
2002	30.7 °C12 April 2002	20.0 °C20 January 2002	24.1 °C	2,279 mm	6
2001	32.6 °C11 October 2001	18.3 °C21 July 2001	23.8 °C	1,892 mm	24
2000	30.4 °C10 March 2000	19.1 °C19 November 2000	23.6 °C	1,808 mm	1
1999	30.9 °C16 March 1999	18.7 °C24 August 1999	23.4 °C	2,293 mm	2
1998	31.8 °C24 March 1998	17.7 °C7 December 1998	24.6 °C	2,888 mm	67
1997	31.4 °C24 September 1997	19.6 °C12 January 1997	24.7 °C	3,327 mm	29
1996	32.0 °C28 November 1996	18.9 °C21 November 1996	23.9 °C	1,460 mm	28
1995	31.7 °C7 April 1995	18.9 °C5 October 1995	24.0 °C	1,822 mm	34
1994	33.2 °C22 October 1994	19.2 °C28 June 1994	24.5 °C	1,915 mm	75
1993	32.1 °C24 November 1993	19.2 °C10 August 1993	24.6 °C	2,144 mm	82
1992	33.9 °C15 December 1992	18.4 °C27 July 1992	24.7 °C	2,488 mm	111
1991	34.0 °C17 September 1991	19.4 °C3 September 1991	24.7 °C	1,923 mm	101
1990	33.3 °C31 August 1990	18.6 °C8 October 1990	24.7 °C	1,368 mm	99
1989	33.1 °C27 September 1989	18.2 °C12 May 1989	24.1 °C	1,501 mm	52
1988	31.6 °C31 August 1988	19.0 °C25 July 1988	24.1 °C	1,430 mm	41
1987	32.8 °C7 December 1987	19.7 °C5 September 1987	25.0 °C	2,406 mm	126
1986	31.7 °C10 February 1986	19.2 °C14 October 1986	24.0 °C	2,066 mm	31
1985	32.5 °C5 December 1985	18.6 °C24 October 1985	23.8 °C	1,119 mm	38
1984	31.9 °C6 November 1984	19.0 °C9 July 1984	24.0 °C	2,159 mm	42
1983	32.8 °C16 March 1983	19.9 °C9 September 1983	24.9 °C	4,050 mm	117
1982	31.5 °C6 November 1982	19.9 °C27 July 1982	24.7 °C	3,327 mm	48
1981	33.5 °C21 November 1981	19.1 °C21 July 1981	24.7 °C	1,308 mm	101
1980	32.9 °C11 November 1980	19.5 °C12 November 1980	24.9 °C	1,785 mm	98
1979	36.2 °C24 November 1979	19.0 °C19 July 1979	24.9 °C	1,387 mm	126
1978	34.8 °C31 October 1978	19.0 °C27 July 1978	24.9 °C	1,241 mm	158
1977	35.8 °C15 November 1977	18.7 °C14 November 1977	25.3 °C	1,539 mm	229
1976	34.6 °C18 October 1976	18.6 °C9 October 1976	24.3 °C	2,609 mm	72
1975	32.1 °C10 November 1975	17.9 °C28 July 1975	23.8 °C	1,958 mm	53
1974	30.9 °C17 September 1974	18.3 °C26 July 1974	23.7 °C	1,621 mm	28
1973	33.4 °C8 December 1973	18.8 °C27 July 1973	24.2 °C	2,088 mm	91
1972	31.7 °C3 April 1972	19.3 °C6 October 1972	24.6 °C	2,847 mm	101
1971	33.1 °C10 October 1971	18.1 °C27 August 1971	24.0 °C	1,983 mm	87
1970	34.9 °C28 September 1970	19.0 °C1 July 1970	24.6 °C	1,525 mm	155
1969	34.8 °C6 October 1969	18.9 °C2 August 1969	24.7 °C	1,777 mm	136
1968	35.3 °C13 December 1968	18.0 °C7 July 1968	24.7 °C	1,306 mm	181
1967	35.5 °C3 November 1967	18.7 °C7 June 1967	24.7 °C	1,361 mm	173
1966	34.9 °C5 November 1966	18.5 °C22 July 1966	25.1 °C	1,340 mm	193
1965	32.5 °C29 September 1965	18.9 °C7 August 1965	24.6 °C	2,790 mm	74
1964	33.5 °C22 August 1964	18.2 °C22 July 1964	24.3 °C	2,415 mm	98
1963	35.5 °C21 November 1963	18.6 °C21 July 1963	25.1 °C	1,333 mm	206
1962	33.6 °C6 December 1962	18.6 °C29 August 1962	24.2 °C	1,541 mm	81
1961	32.8 °C13 November 1961	18.0 °C23 August 1961	24.1 °C	1,900 mm	75
1960	35.1 °C16 November 1960	17.9 °C2 November 1960	24.2 °C	1,921 mm	85
1959	32.6 °C8 March 1959	18.2 °C1 August 1959	24.0 °C	2,718 mm	66
1958	31.9 °C12 April 1958	19.0 °C9 February 1958	24.3 °C	3,257 mm	76
1957	33.8 °C8 October 1957	18.4 °C11 September 1957	24.0 °C	3,155 mm	59
1956	33.1 °C4 January 1956	18.0 °C8 January 1956	23.3 °C	1,709 mm	9
1955	32.4 °C13 September 1955	18.8 °C5 August 1955	23.7 °C	823 mm	29
1954	33.3 °C29 December 1954	18.3 °C12 October 1954	23.7 °C	927 mm	59
1953	33.2 °C1 January 1953	19.4 °C17 July 1953	24.1 °C	1,845 mm	36
1952	33.4 °C29 December 1952	17.6 °C9 July 1952	24.0 °C	1,142 mm	66
1951	31.4 °C30 December 1951	19.3 °C12 July 1951	23.9 °C	1,658 mm	14
1950	32.3 °C13 November 1950	17.9 °C21 October 1950	23.5 °C	1,033 mm	36
1949	32.1 °C6 December 1949	17.7 °C28 November 1949	23.5 °C	2,022 mm	19
1948	34.4 °C15 November 1948	18.9 °C1 June 1948	24.2 °C	1,728 mm	95
1947	35.0 °C5 November 1947	19.2 °C26 May 1947	24.4 °C	1,301 mm	115
1946	34.9 °C11 December 1946	18.7 °C4 July 1946	24.2 °C	1,427 mm	148
1945	32.9 °C15 September 1945	19.3 °C15 August 1945	24.1 °C	1,830 mm	63
1944	34.2 °C22 October 1944	19.6 °C20 July 1944	24.2 °C	1,583 mm	112
1943	33.1 °C9 September 1943	18.8 °C7 June 1943	23.9 °C	1,597 mm	66
1942	34.0 °C7 August 1942	16.7 °C10 July 1942	23.9 °C	1,896 mm	137
1941	31.9 °C31 March 1941	19.8 °C27 August 1941	24.1 °C	4,885 mm	50
1940	34.5 °C1 November 1940	19.0 °C17 January 1940	24.6 °C	1,028 mm	158

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

154 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2094 mm

+175 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	218 mm	-80 mm
Feb	29.5 °C	+0.9 °C	562 mm	+235 mm
Mar	30.1 °C	+1.0 °C	476 mm	+145 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	333 mm	+48 mm
May	29.6 °C	+0.7 °C	199 mm	+25 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+0.9 °C	73 mm	-11 mm
Jul	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	45 mm	-9 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	+0.7 °C	22 mm	-22 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+0.7 °C	20 mm	-24 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+0.2 °C	51 mm	-17 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	-0.5 °C	65 mm	-4 mm
Dec	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	30 mm	-110 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.0 °C

5 Dec 2025

Coldest day

20.0 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

73.7 mm

2 Mar 2025

Windiest day

14.5 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

39.2 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

21 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.5 °C

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,919 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rosa Zarate?

The hottest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1979, reaching 36.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rosa Zarate?

The coldest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1942, at 16.7 °C.

Does it snow in Rosa Zarate?

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

Has the climate of Rosa Zarate warmed?

Yes: Rosa Zarate warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rosa Zarate?

The wettest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1983, with 171 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rosa Zarate?

The windiest day measured in Rosa Zarate between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2006, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rosa Zarate?

The warmest month in Rosa Zarate is April (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate receives on average 1,919 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rosa Zarate?

Rosa Zarate gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Rosa Zarate?

Yes: Rosa Zarate has on average 345 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rosa Zarate?

In Rosa Zarate, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 12 April 1958, and the lowest was 17.9 °C on 10 July 1942.

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