Climate averages 1991–2020
Eloy Alfaro weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Eloy Alfaro: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 308 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (119 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Eloy Alfaro, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Eloy Alfaro ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Eloy Alfaro is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 308 mm to 400 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Eloy Alfaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 308 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 400 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 455 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 366 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 287 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 183 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 144 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 117 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 77 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 18.7 | 12.212 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
January in nearby cities
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 119 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Portoviejo in JanuaryEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 168 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 215 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in JanuaryEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 376 mm rain
- Talara in JanuaryPeru · 311 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Sullana in JanuaryPeru · 318 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 35 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 Eloy Alfaro) is explained once on the Eloy Alfaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.