Climate and average weather in Azogues

In Azogues, the weather is mild, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near mild levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around March.

Best: early August to mid December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Azogues typically varies from 5°C to 16°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 18°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Azogues for warm-weather activities are from mid May to early June and early August to mid December.

Hottest
Feb
16°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Mar
252 mm
Driest
Sep
85 mm
Rain / yr
2129 mm
299 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,720 m
2.7°S
Clearest
Aug
75% cloud

Azogues is city in Ecuador, capital of the Cañar Province.

Density
2,646/km²
people per km²
Founded
1562

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Azogues weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early August to mid December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Azogues, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Azogues stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 16°C and low of 8°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 6°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan168
Feb168
Mar168
Apr158
May158
Jun137
Jul136
Aug135
Sep146
Oct157
Nov168
Dec168

Average hourly temperature in Azogues

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 16°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Azogues weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 22528.912.12.7
Feb16° / 24226.212.12.6
Mar16° / 25229.9122.5
Apr15° / 20528.311.92.5
May15° / 16626.911.92.6
Jun13° / 14022.711.82.5
Jul13° / 13421.511.92.4
Aug13° / 8617.111.92.9
Sep14° / 8517.6123.3
Oct15° / 1592512.12.9
Nov16° / 20526.512.12.8
Dec16° / 23228.512.22.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Azogues gets about 2129 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.2 months, from around Oct 18 to May 24, peaking in March at about 97% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 28.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 252 mm over about 30 wet days; September is the driest, with 85 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 29 · 97%Aug 28 · 51%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9329
Feb9426
Mar9630
Apr9528
May8627
Jun7523
Jul6922
Aug5717
Sep5818
Oct8025
Nov8827
Dec9229

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Azogues collects about 2129 mm of rain across 299 wet days — roughly 177 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 252 mm, while September is the driest at just 85 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2252422522051661401348685159205232
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan22529
Feb24226
Mar25230
Apr20528
May16627
Jun14023
Jul13422
Aug8617
Sep8518
Oct15925
Nov20527
Dec23229

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Azogues, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 5 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 27. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 21% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 28 and lasts for 7.2 months, ending around June 4. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 10 · 23%Mar 4 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan496
Feb298
Mar199
Apr397
May694
Jun991
Jul1585
Aug2179
Sep2080
Oct1189
Nov892
Dec694

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Azogues barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:206:29
Feb12.16:276:33
Mar12.06:246:26
Apr11.96:176:14
May11.96:156:08
Jun11.86:206:11
Jul11.96:256:17
Aug11.96:226:17
Sep12.06:106:09
Oct12.15:596:02
Nov12.15:576:04
Dec12.26:076:16

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Azogues gets about 1 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 2 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyAug 62 daysFeb 30 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec0Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Azogues, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)
Jan100
Feb100
Mar100
Apr100
May100
Jun100
Jul100
Aug100
Sep100
Oct100
Nov100
Dec100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Azogues is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 22 · 7 km/hNov 20 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Azogues

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Azogues throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid December, Azogues is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. In Azogues it holds close to 3.3 all year, so any month is about as good as another for general outdoor tourist activities.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan2.7poor
Feb2.6poor
Mar2.5poor
Apr2.5poor
May2.6poor
Jun2.6poor
Jul2.4poor
Aug2.9poor
Sep3.2poor
Oct2.9poor
Nov2.8poor
Dec2.7poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Azogues rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Azogues, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Azogues packs about the same all year — highs hold near 16°C. Across the year the things worth having are a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Azogues sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Azogues by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Azogues peaks around February 19 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 13 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 18Jul 12UV 13
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb18Extreme
Mar18Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov15Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Azogues

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.57
Feb97.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.57
May86.5
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86.5
Oct8.57
Nov8.56.5
Dec8.56.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Azogues is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Azogues banks about 387 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan53
Feb51
Mar57
Apr50
May36
Jun4
Jul0
Aug0
Sep5
Oct31
Nov47
Dec52

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Azogues receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.0 and 5.4 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightSep 185.4 kWhJun 184.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb4.8Bright
Mar4.5Bright
Apr4.3Bright
May4.2Bright
Jun4.0Bright
Jul4.2Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.2Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec4.9Bright

Where is Azogues?

Azogues sits at 2.7°S, 78.8°W, 2,720 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Gualaceo, 19 km away.

Milagro

Topography around Azogues

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Azogues.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azogues has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m around an average of 2,622 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,695 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,603 m.

The land around Azogues is covered by grassland (39%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
731 m
16 km
1,695 m
80 km
4,603 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Gualaceo 19 km · Cuenca 24 km · La Troncal 65 km · Naranjal 86 km · Guamote 91 km · Naranjito 93 km · Macas 94 km · Milagro 107 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 43% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,125
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
70%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
45.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 466
Religion
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Azogues (-2.7398°, -78.8456°, elevation 2,720 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).