Climate averages 1991–2020
Loja weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Loja: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In May its highs average 17.5°C, 3.3°C cooler than Loja, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 9 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 9 cities is 23.3°C; Loja is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 49 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
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 | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cuenca in MayEcuador · 124 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Tumbes in MayPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Sullana in MayPeru · 193 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Piura in MayPeru · 208 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in MayEcuador · 215 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Talara in MayPeru · 238 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.8 mm rain
- La Libertad in MayEcuador · 272 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Chiclayo in MayPeru · 317 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.2 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.