Climate averages 1991–2020
Portoviejo weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Portoviejo: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (140 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Portoviejo, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Portoviejo ranks 1st of 9 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 9 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Portoviejo is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 234 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- La Libertad in FebruaryEcuador · 140 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in FebruaryEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in FebruaryEcuador · 168 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 407 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in FebruaryEcuador · 241 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 244 mm rain
- Cuenca in FebruaryEcuador · 261 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Tumbes in FebruaryPeru · 278 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Ibarra in FebruaryEcuador · 302 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Loja in FebruaryEcuador · 355 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 197 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.