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Guayaquil weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Ecuador's bustling port lives by the swing between a hot, drenching rainy season and a long dry one, a rhythm the cold Humboldt Current sets and El Niño can violently upend. Guayaquil weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, records and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

+1.9°Chigh above average

30° / 26°Today
28° / 21°Average
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How it's changed

+1.4°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49138days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 67 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 67 in the 1940s+1.4°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 231 mmhigh 29°low 23°February, rain 357 mmhigh 29°low 24°March, rain 371 mmhigh 30°low 24°April, rain 270 mmhigh 30°low 24°May, rain 198 mmhigh 29°low 23°June, rain 142 mmhigh 28°low 22°July, rain 113 mmhigh 27°low 21°August, rain 81 mmhigh 27°low 21°September, rain 88 mmhigh 28°low 21°October, rain 66 mmhigh 28°low 21°November, rain 42 mmhigh 29°low 21°December, rain 98 mmhigh 29°low 22°wettest month March, 371 mm · 2,056 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Overcast

Right now

26.2°

30°feels like
85%humidity
24°dew point
10 km/hfrom W
UV index0.0
sunrise05:59sunset18:09day length12h 10m
TodayOvercast30°26°
MonOvercast29°26°
TueOvercast29°26°
WedOvercast32°26°
ThuOvercast31°26°
FriOvercast31°26°
SatOvercast31°25°

On this date: October 18

Today (forecast)
30° / 26°
Average for October 18
28° / 21°

High above average · +1.9°C

  • Record high: 31.7° · 2023
  • Record low: 18.4° · 1954
  • One year ago: 30° / 22°

Every October 18 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 18 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Guayaquil is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 2.20°S, 79.89°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
2.20°S, 79.89°W
Time zone
America/Guayaquil
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

31 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +4.0°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

Guayaquil lies on Ecuador's Pacific coast near the equator, a short way up from the Gulf of Guayaquil. Its tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) divides into two seasons that owe as much to ocean currents as to the calendar. From January to April the city is hot, humid and wet; through the rest of the year the cold Humboldt Current offshore suppresses the rain, leaving mostly cloudy skies.

El Niño is the great disruptor. In its years the offshore water warms, the wet season turns far heavier than usual, and Guayaquil and the surrounding lowlands are left badly exposed to flooding. The gap between those drenched El Niño spells and the ordinary dry stretch from May onward is the real signature of the local climate.

March brings the year's peak warmth, with afternoons typically reaching 29.6°C and nights around 23.7°C. In August, the coolest month, afternoons reach about 27.5°C and nights dip to 20.8°C.

Guayaquil picks up roughly 2,056 mm a year, with a peak of 371 mm in March and as little as 42 mm in November.

Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Guayaquil has risen by 1.4°C between its first decade and its last. The count of days past 30°C has risen from roughly 65 a year to 140 between the record's first and last decades.

Sources:en.wikipedia.orgbritannica.com

Climate graph (climograph)

March is the warmest month, August the coolest: a yearly swing of 3°C. Wettest month: March (~371 mm). Whole year averages ~2,056 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Guayaquil month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightRecord highRecord low
January29.2°23.3°231 mm12.1 h34.4° (1978)20.4° (1956)
February29.2°23.6°357 mm12.1 h34.3° (1982)19.8° (1971)
March29.6°23.7°371 mm12.0 h33.7° (2024)21.3° (1962)
April29.6°23.6°270 mm12.0 h33.6° (1972)20.9° (1971)
May28.9°22.9°198 mm11.9 h33.2° (1983)19.5° (1955)
June27.9°21.9°142 mm11.9 h32.6° (1983)18.2° (1999)
July27.4°21.1°113 mm11.9 h32.3° (2015)18.0° (1942)
August27.5°20.8°81 mm11.9 h32.0° (2023)18.3° (1949)
September27.8°20.8°88 mm12.0 h34.1° (2023)18.3° (1990)
October28.1°21.0°66 mm12.0 h32.4° (2023)18.2° (1954)
November28.7°21.4°42 mm12.1 h33.3° (1972)18.5° (1996)
December29.3°22.4°98 mm12.1 h34.4° (2024)18.5° (1942)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +1.4°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.16°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Mar–May is warming fastest: +0.21°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 30°C per year: 66.5 early in the record → 138.1 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

All-time high in 2024, all-time low in 1942: 34.4°C / 18.0°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~2,056 mm/year on average. Last decade: −1% vs that average. Long-term trend: +25 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Guayaquil

Which is the warmest month in Guayaquil?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Guayaquil is March (mean daily temperature of about 26.1°C) and the coolest is August (about 23.4°C).
How does today's temperature in Guayaquil compare to the historical average?
On October 18, 2026, Guayaquil is forecast to reach a high of 29.9°C and a low of 25.8°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 28.0°C and a low of 21.1°C, so today's high is 1.9°C warmer than that average.
How much has Guayaquil warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Guayaquil is about 1.4°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Guayaquil?
Guayaquil receives about 2,056 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with March typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Guayaquil?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Guayaquil is about 24.8°C. The warmest month is March and the coolest is August.
What are the average temperatures in Guayaquil by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Guayaquil (°C, full record since 1940): January 29°/23°, February 29°/24°, March 30°/24°, April 30°/24°, May 29°/23°, June 28°/22°, July 27°/21°, August 27°/21°, September 28°/21°, October 28°/21°, November 29°/21°, December 29°/22°.

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