Climate averages 1991–2020
Esmeraldas weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Esmeraldas: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tumaco (133 km away). In September its highs average 26.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Esmeraldas, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Esmeraldas ranks joint 2nd of 9 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 9 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Esmeraldas is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 62 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tumaco in SeptemberColombia · 133 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in SeptemberEcuador · 145 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Ibarra in SeptemberEcuador · 183 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Tulcán in SeptemberEcuador · 216 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Ipiales in SeptemberColombia · 224 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Portoviejo in SeptemberEcuador · 241 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Pasto in SeptemberColombia · 266 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in SeptemberEcuador · 348 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 117 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.