Climate averages 1991–2020
Eloy Alfaro weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Eloy Alfaro: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (119 km away). In May its highs average 25.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Eloy Alfaro, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Eloy Alfaro ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Eloy Alfaro is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 183 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- La Libertad in MayEcuador · 119 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Cuenca in MayEcuador · 124 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MayEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 168 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Loja in MayEcuador · 215 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MayEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Talara in MayPeru · 311 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Sullana in MayPeru · 318 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 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.