Climate averages 1991–2020

Esmeraldas weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 98 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Esmeraldas: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumaco (133 km away). In July its highs average 26.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Esmeraldas, with 248 mm of rain.

Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Esmeraldas ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 9 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 9 cities is 22.3°C; Esmeraldas is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 76 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Esmeraldas climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Esmeraldas, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.5°C23.5°C	23.5°C	256	24.2	12.112 h
February	27.8°C23.6°C	23.6°C	244	22.2	12.112 h
March	28.2°C23.8°C	23.8°C	203	21.4	12.112 h
April	28.3°C23.9°C	23.9°C	204	20.2	12.112 h
May	28.1°C23.9°C	23.9°C	149	20.2	12.212 h
June	27.6°C23.5°C	23.5°C	109	16.4	12.212 h
July, selected	27.4°C23.1°C	23.1°C	98	16.2	12.212 h
August	27.6°C22.9°C	22.9°C	76	14.4	12.112 h
September	27.6°C22.8°C	22.8°C	67	13.2	12.112 h
October	27.7°C23.0°C	23.0°C	62	11.8	12.112 h
November	27.9°C22.9°C	22.9°C	76	10.8	12.112 h
December	27.7°C23.3°C	23.3°C	138	16.2	12.112 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

Distance from Esmeraldas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Esmeraldas) is explained once on the Esmeraldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.