Climate averages 1991–2020
Loja weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Loja: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In April its highs average 17.8°C, 3.0°C cooler than Loja, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 9 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Loja is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Loja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 167 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 20.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 197 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 204 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 82 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 49 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 19.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 37 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 36 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 88 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 21.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 146 | 21.8 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Cuenca in AprilEcuador · 124 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Tumbes in AprilPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Sullana in AprilPeru · 193 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Piura in AprilPeru · 208 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 215 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 mm rain
- Talara in AprilPeru · 238 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 mm rain
- La Libertad in AprilEcuador · 272 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Chiclayo in AprilPeru · 317 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 27 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 Loja) is explained once on the Loja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.