Climate averages 1991–2020
Loja weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Loja: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuenca (124 km away). In October its highs average 18.6°C, 3.5°C cooler than Loja, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Loja ranks 6th of 9 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Loja is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cuenca in OctoberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Tumbes in OctoberPeru · 146 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Sullana in OctoberPeru · 193 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Piura in OctoberPeru · 208 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 215 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Talara in OctoberPeru · 238 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 272 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Chiclayo in OctoberPeru · 317 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 2.8 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.