Quito
Elevation 2850 m0.22° S, 78.51° W
When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 25 rain days in the month (171 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 23 rain days in the month (179 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 27 rain days in the month (240 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 28 rain days in the month (251 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 27 rain days in the month (189 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 9 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 23 rain days in the month (105 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 21 rain days in the month (73 mm).
The least rainy of the months with the right temperature.
Mean 14 °C, 20 rain days in the month (73 mm).
The least rainy of the months with the right temperature.
Mean 14 °C, 21 rain days in the month (103 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 24 rain days in the month (150 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 23 rain days in the month (157 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 14 °C, 24 rain days in the month (172 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
No ideal month: the best months are July–August, the least rainy with the right temperature. Avoid September–June (often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.9 °C (cells at 2996 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +0.8 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.5 °C), coldest: 1956 (−0.9 °C).
February and December warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.7 °C), June the least (+0.5 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.