Climate averages 1991–2020
Portoviejo weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Portoviejo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (140 km away). In April its highs average 26.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Portoviejo, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Portoviejo ranks 1st of 9 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 9 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 9 cities is 23.7°C; Portoviejo is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 75 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
Portoviejo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 132 | 18.2 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 256 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 234 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 158 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 75 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 32 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 22 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 14 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 61 | 10.1 | 12.212 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
- La Libertad in AprilEcuador · 140 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in AprilEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 366 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in AprilEcuador · 168 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 391 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in AprilEcuador · 241 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Cuenca in AprilEcuador · 261 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Tumbes in AprilPeru · 278 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Ibarra in AprilEcuador · 302 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Loja in AprilEcuador · 355 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 148 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 Portoviejo) is explained once on the Portoviejo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.