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When to go to Quito
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When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Quito has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to February.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in July to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): March and April.
- The warmest month is August (24°C) and the coolest February (21°C). The wettest is April (177 mm) and the driest August (25 mm); about 1,178 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarWet
- AprWet
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Quito
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°C | 13°C | 139 mm | 86% | 80% | 4 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 21°C | 13°C | 143 mm | 86% | 84% | 3.8 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 21°C | 14°C | 176 mm | 86% | 88% | 3.7 | 27°C | Wet |
| April | 22°C | 14°C | 177 mm | 86% | 84% | 3.9 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 23°C | 13°C | 122 mm | 84% | 80% | 3.8 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 23°C | 12°C | 58 mm | 80% | 74% | 3.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 24°C | 11°C | 34 mm | 77% | 70% | 4 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 24°C | 11°C | 25 mm | 74% | 69% | 4.3 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 24°C | 12°C | 38 mm | 75% | 72% | 4.4 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 23°C | 12°C | 76 mm | 80% | 80% | 4.3 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 22°C | 13°C | 90 mm | 81% | 81% | 4.2 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 22°C | 13°C | 100 mm | 84% | 80% | 3.9 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The model's grid cell sits about 991 m lower than the town, so real temperatures there run a little cooler than these.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados72 kmGood for going: May to December
- Ambato114 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Pasto212 kmGood for going: January to March and September to November
- Portoviejo233 kmGood for going: April to January
- Guayaquil266 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Cuenca301 kmGood for going: September to February
- Popayán365 kmGood for going: January to December
- Buenaventura457 kmGood for going: May to September and December to March
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