Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in November.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, 9.4°C warmer than Cuenca, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 9 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 9 cities is 23.6°C; Cuenca is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Eloy Alfaro in NovemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Loja in NovemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Tumbes in NovemberPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 15 mm rain
- La Libertad in NovemberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Portoviejo in NovemberEcuador · 261 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Sullana in NovemberPeru · 292 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in NovemberEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Piura in NovemberPeru · 314 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 8.2 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.