Climate averages 1991–2020
Portoviejo weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Portoviejo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (140 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 4.8°C cooler than Portoviejo, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Portoviejo ranks 1st of 9 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Portoviejo is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 22 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 140 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 141 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in OctoberEcuador · 168 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in OctoberEcuador · 241 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Cuenca in OctoberEcuador · 261 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Tumbes in OctoberPeru · 278 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Ibarra in OctoberEcuador · 302 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Loja in OctoberEcuador · 355 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 88 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.