Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 10.9°C warmer than Cuenca, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 9 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 9 cities is 22.3°C; Cuenca is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July, selected | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Eloy Alfaro in JulyEcuador · 124 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Loja in JulyEcuador · 124 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Tumbes in JulyPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 4.5 mm rain
- La Libertad in JulyEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JulyEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Sullana in JulyPeru · 292 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in JulyEcuador · 294 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Piura in JulyPeru · 314 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.