Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In September its highs average 27.6°C, 9.5°C warmer than Cuenca, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 9 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Cuenca is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Eloy Alfaro in SeptemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Loja in SeptemberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Tumbes in SeptemberPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- La Libertad in SeptemberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Portoviejo in SeptemberEcuador · 261 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Sullana in SeptemberPeru · 292 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in SeptemberEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Piura in SeptemberPeru · 314 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 2.1 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.