Climate averages 1991–2020
Esmeraldas weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Esmeraldas: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumaco (133 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Esmeraldas, with 404 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Esmeraldas ranks 3rd of 9 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Esmeraldas is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 109 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
Esmeraldas climate table
| 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tumaco in MayColombia · 133 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 404 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in MayEcuador · 145 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Ibarra in MayEcuador · 183 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Tulcán in MayEcuador · 216 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Ipiales in MayColombia · 224 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Portoviejo in MayEcuador · 241 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Pasto in MayColombia · 266 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 348 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 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 Esmeraldas) is explained once on the Esmeraldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.