Climate and average weather in Babahoyo

In Babahoyo, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around January.

Best: early July to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Babahoyo typically varies from 21°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 19°C or above 31°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Babahoyo for warm-weather activities is from early July to late December.

Hottest
Mar
28°
Coldest
Jul
21°
Wettest
Jan
795 mm
Driest
Nov
227 mm
Rain / yr
6421 mm
325 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
51 m
1.8°S
Clearest
Aug
86% cloud

Babahoyo is capital of the Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.

Density
7,370/km²
people per km²
Founded
1756

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

Babahoyo 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 July to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Babahoyo stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 28°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 21°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2722
Feb2823
Mar2823
Apr2823
May2823
Jun2722
Jul2621
Aug2621
Sep2721
Oct2721
Nov2821
Dec2822

Average hourly temperature in Babahoyo

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 March afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 21°C.

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

Babahoyo 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
Jan27° / 22°79529.812.13.3
Feb28° / 23°77827.212.13.2
Mar28° / 23°78429.7123.0
Apr28° / 23°77728.5123.1
May28° / 23°72729.111.93.3
Jun27° / 22°49428.211.93.5
Jul26° / 21°44228.511.93.7
Aug26° / 21°31926.711.93.9
Sep27° / 21°34126.7123.7
Oct27° / 21°26524.1124.1
Nov28° / 21°22720.412.14.4
Dec28° / 22°47226.212.13.8

Chance of rain

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

Babahoyo gets about 6421 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 7.1 months, from around Dec 23 to Jul 25, peaking in January at about 98% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 7.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 795 mm over about 30 wet days; November is the driest, with 227 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 31 · 98%Nov 7 · 68%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9630
Feb9727
Mar9530
Apr9529
May9429
Jun9428
Jul9229
Aug8727
Sep8927
Oct7724
Nov6920
Dec8426

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Babahoyo collects about 6421 mm of rain across 325 wet days — roughly 535 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 795 mm, while November is the driest at just 227 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec795778784777727494442319341265227472
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan79530
Feb77827
Mar78430
Apr77729
May72729
Jun49428
Jul44229
Aug31927
Sep34127
Oct26524
Nov22720
Dec47226

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around July 1 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around September 19. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 4% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around January 5 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around June 30. The cloudiest month is February, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 30 · 6%Apr 10 · 1%mostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan298
Feb199
Mar199
Apr199
May199
Jun298
Jul496
Aug496
Sep397
Oct298
Nov397
Dec397

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, Babahoyo barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:256:30
Feb12.16:316:34
Mar12.06:276:28
Apr12.06:206:17
May11.96:176:12
Jun11.96:216:15
Jul11.96:276:21
Aug11.96:246:20
Sep12.06:136:12
Oct12.06:026:04
Nov12.16:016:06
Dec12.16:116:17

Sunny days

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

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

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyAug 30 daysJan 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
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.

Babahoyo is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan6912
Feb2926
Mar1909
Apr08811
May1909
Jun18820
Jul47530
Aug66340
Sep69310
Oct65350
Nov60391
Dec27712

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 Babahoyo is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmOct 28 · 5 km/hFeb 6 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Babahoyo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid July, Babahoyo is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Babahoyo for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to late December, with a peak score in the first week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 6 · 4.4

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
Jan3.4poor
Feb3.2poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr3.1poor
May3.3poor
Jun3.5fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug3.9fair
Sep3.7fair
Oct4.1fair
Nov4.4fair
Dec3.8fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Babahoyo for hot-weather activities is from late July to late December, with a peak score in the second week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 13 · 4.7

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 Babahoyo, 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.

Babahoyo packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In March, Babahoyo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Babahoyo 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 Babahoyo peaks around March 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 14Jul 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Babahoyo

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 March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 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)
Jan86.5
Feb86.5
Mar8.56.5
Apr86
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul75
Aug7.55
Sep7.55.5
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec86

Air quality in Babahoyo by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Babahoyo is worst in November — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorNov 1745 µg/m³Jan 2420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov47Poor
Dec30Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Babahoyo 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. Babahoyo banks about 5,312 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan460
Feb424
Mar482
Apr469
May471
Jun426
Jul420
Aug418
Sep413
Oct435
Nov433
Dec461

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.

Babahoyo receives about 3.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — moderate — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 2.9 and 3.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightNov 123.7 kWhJun 52.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb3.2Moderate
Mar3.5Moderate
Apr3.4Moderate
May3.0Moderate
Jun2.9Moderate
Jul3.1Moderate
Aug3.5Moderate
Sep3.6Moderate
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov3.7Moderate
Dec3.3Moderate

Where is Babahoyo?

Babahoyo sits at 1.8°S, 79.5°W, 51 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Montalvo, 26 km away.

Topography around Babahoyo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Babahoyo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,435 m.

The land around Babahoyo is covered by wetland (43%), artificial surfaces (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, wetland (29%), grassland (25%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
4,435 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Montalvo 26 km · Samborondón 28 km · Milagro 37 km · Vinces 37 km · Yaguachi Nuevo 38 km · Ventanas 41 km · Naranjito 41 km · Daule 51 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 Babahoyo (-1.8049°, -79.5249°, elevation 51 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).