Climate averages 1991–2020
Portoviejo weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Portoviejo: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (140 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Portoviejo, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Portoviejo ranks 1st of 9 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 9 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 9 cities is 23.4°C; Portoviejo is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 256 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- La Libertad in JanuaryEcuador · 140 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in JanuaryEcuador · 141 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 308 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in JanuaryEcuador · 168 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 376 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in JanuaryEcuador · 241 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Cuenca in JanuaryEcuador · 261 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Tumbes in JanuaryPeru · 278 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Ibarra in JanuaryEcuador · 302 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Loja in JanuaryEcuador · 355 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 167 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.