Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate — normals and trends
Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 2,514 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Santo Domingo de los Colorados averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.
Santo Domingo de los Colorados has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 6 October 1969) and the coldest 15.0 °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
Santo Domingo de los ColoradosSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas
- coords
- -0.25°, -79.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.0°C
Average daily high
26.6°C
Average daily low
20.3°C
Annual rainfall
2,514mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
1.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
276 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.3 °C
Average feels-like low
23.2 °C
Average peak gust
24.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
229 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
32.2 °C
6 October 1969
Coldest day
15.0 °C
10 July 1942
Wettest day
170 mm
4 February 1941
Windiest day
21.6 km/h
31 July 1941
Strongest gust
47.2 km/h
31 July 1941
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
5 April 1958
Coldest feels-like
15.8 °C
10 July 1942
Sunniest day
12.0 h
15 October 1940
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 | 27.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 220 mm | -148 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 627 mm | +237 mm |
| Mar | 28.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 708 mm | +298 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 372 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 162 mm | -64 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 57 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 65 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 117 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 27.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 107 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 28.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 81 mm | -125 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Santo Domingo de los Colorados has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 2,514 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
The hottest day measured in Santo Domingo de los Colorados between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1969, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
The coldest day measured in Santo Domingo de los Colorados between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1942, at 15.0 °C.
Does it snow in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Almost never: Santo Domingo de los Colorados sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados warmed?
Yes: Santo Domingo de los Colorados warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
The wettest day measured in Santo Domingo de los Colorados between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1941, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
The windiest day measured in Santo Domingo de los Colorados between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1941, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
The warmest month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados is April (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Santo Domingo de los Colorados receives on average 2,514 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Santo Domingo de los Colorados gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
Yes: Santo Domingo de los Colorados has on average 229 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santo Domingo de los Colorados?
In Santo Domingo de los Colorados, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 5 April 1958, and the lowest was 15.8 °C on 10 July 1942.
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