Catamayo weather in July

In July, Catamayo sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 37 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Catamayo's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catamayo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:29 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Catamayo is city of Loja Province, Ecuador.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Catamayo reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	13
2	20	13
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	13
21	20	13
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

Catamayo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 14°	167	22.5	12.2	4.5
Feb	21° / 14°	195	22.8	12.1	4.1
Mar	21° / 14°	204	24.2	12	4.1
Apr	21° / 14°	148	20.9	11.9	4.6
May	21° / 14°	82	16.3	11.8	5.5
Jun	21° / 13°	49	11.7	11.8	6.1
Jul	20° / 13°	37	10.1	11.8	6.4
Aug	21° / 13°	24	6.9	11.9	7.0
Sep	22° / 14°	36	8.4	12	6.8
Oct	22° / 14°	88	16.2	12.1	5.5
Nov	22° / 14°	133	19.2	12.2	4.9
Dec	21° / 14°	148	21.8	12.2	4.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	61	61	61	61	61	63	63
Cloudier (%)	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	39	39	39	39	39	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Catamayo gets around 37 mm of rain over 10.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	30
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28
31	27

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:28	6:14
2	11.8	6:28	6:14
3	11.8	6:28	6:14
4	11.8	6:28	6:15
5	11.8	6:28	6:15
6	11.8	6:28	6:15
7	11.8	6:29	6:15
8	11.8	6:29	6:15
9	11.8	6:29	6:16
10	11.8	6:29	6:16
11	11.8	6:29	6:16
12	11.8	6:29	6:16
13	11.8	6:29	6:16
14	11.8	6:29	6:16
15	11.8	6:29	6:17
16	11.8	6:29	6:17
17	11.8	6:29	6:17
18	11.8	6:29	6:17
19	11.8	6:29	6:17
20	11.8	6:29	6:17
21	11.8	6:29	6:17
22	11.8	6:29	6:18
23	11.8	6:29	6:18
24	11.8	6:29	6:18
25	11.8	6:29	6:18
26	11.8	6:29	6:18
27	11.8	6:29	6:18
28	11.8	6:29	6:18
29	11.8	6:29	6:18
30	11.8	6:29	6:18
31	11.8	6:29	6:18

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in September across the year — July's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Catamayo

In seasonPeak

None of Catamayo's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Catamayo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Catamayo?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Catamayo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Catamayo in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Catamayo sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Catamayo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catamayo peaks around February 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 12 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	18	17	14	14	12	12	12	14	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Catamayo in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Catamayo is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	15	15	14	12	11	10	14	19	15	21	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Catamayo?

Catamayo sits at 4.0°S, 79.4°W, 1,452 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Loja, 17 km away.

Topography around Catamayo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catamayo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m around an average of 1,336 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,111 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,846 m.

The land around Catamayo is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

567 m

grassland 54%

16 km

2,111 m

grassland 59%

80 km

3,846 m

trees 61%

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← June Catamayo year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Loja 17 km · Vilcabamba 34 km · Cariamanga 44 km · Zamora 46 km · Piñas 50 km · Pasaje 89 km · Santa Rosa 89 km · Arenillas 92 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

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 Catamayo (-3.9866°, -79.3576°, elevation 1,452 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	13
2	20	13
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	13
21	20	13
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	30
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	13
2	20	13
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	13
21	20	13
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	30
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	13
2	20	13
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	13
21	20	13
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	30
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28
31	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0