Climate and average weather in Machachi

In Machachi, 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: late May to early November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Machachi typically varies from 6°C to 16°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 18°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Machachi for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid February and late May to early November.

Hottest
Sep
16°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Mar
232 mm
Driest
Aug
65 mm
Rain / yr
1873 mm
322 wet days
Daylight
12.0–12.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,905 m
0.5°S
Clearest
Aug
72% cloud

Machachi is city of Pichincha Province, Ecuador.

Density
4,225/km²
people per km²

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

Machachi 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 late May to early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Machachi stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 16°C and low of 7°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 6°C and high of 15°C.

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

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan157
Feb157
Mar157
Apr157
May157
Jun157
Jul156
Aug156
Sep167
Oct157
Nov157
Dec157

Average hourly temperature in Machachi

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 September 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

Machachi 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
Jan15° / 18127.7122.6
Feb15° / 18525.5122.5
Mar15° / 23229.1122.4
Apr15° / 22329.1122.4
May15° / 15728.8122.5
Jun15° / 9424.8122.7
Jul15° / 8124.1122.9
Aug15° / 6523.1123.1
Sep16° / 9925.5122.9
Oct15° / 16128122.7
Nov15° / 19727.2122.5
Dec15° / 20028.7122.5

Chance of rain

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

Machachi gets about 1873 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 8.3 months, from around Sep 24 to Jun 3, peaking in April at about 98% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 7.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 232 mm over about 29 wet days; August is the driest, with 65 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 15 · 98%Aug 7 · 71%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9028
Feb9126
Mar9429
Apr9729
May9229
Jun8325
Jul7724
Aug7523
Sep8526
Oct9028
Nov9127
Dec9329

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Machachi collects about 1873 mm of rain across 322 wet days — roughly 156 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 232 mm, while August is the driest at just 65 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec18118523222315794816599161197200
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan18128
Feb18526
Mar23229
Apr22329
May15729
Jun9425
Jul8124
Aug6523
Sep9926
Oct16128
Nov19727
Dec20029

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Machachi, 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 9 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around October 10. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 27% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around January 14 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around June 8. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 98% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 4 · 31%Apr 11 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb694
Mar298
Apr298
May595
Jun1486
Jul2377
Aug2773
Sep1882
Oct991
Nov496
Dec892

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, Machachi barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 hours of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.06:236:24
Feb12.06:286:29
Mar12.06:246:24
Apr12.06:156:14
May12.06:116:10
Jun12.06:156:14
Jul12.06:216:19
Aug12.06:196:18
Sep12.06:096:09
Oct12.05:596:00
Nov12.05:596:00
Dec12.06:106:11

Sunny days

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

Machachi gets about 0 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 22 daysJan 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
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.

In Machachi, 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 Machachi is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeAug 3 · 7 km/hMar 22 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Machachi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late October, Machachi 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 Machachi it holds close to 3.2 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
Jan2.6poor
Feb2.5poor
Mar2.4poor
Apr2.4poor
May2.5poor
Jun2.7poor
Jul2.9poor
Aug3.1poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct2.7poor
Nov2.5poor
Dec2.5poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Machachi 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 Machachi, 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.

Machachi 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 September, Machachi sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Machachi 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 Machachi peaks around March 10 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 13 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 19Jul 15UV 13
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar19Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May16Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Machachi

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 7 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
May8.56.5
Jun86.5
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86.5
Oct8.57
Nov86.5
Dec8.56.5

Air quality in Machachi 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 Machachi is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1926 µg/m³Jul 1317 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Machachi 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. Machachi banks about 338 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around October.

0100200300400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan31
Feb29
Mar31
Apr32
May34
Jun21
Jul13
Aug21
Sep33
Oct35
Nov27
Dec31

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.

Machachi receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.0 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightSep 195.0 kWhJun 224.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.4Bright
Feb4.4Bright
Mar4.4Bright
Apr4.4Bright
May4.3Bright
Jun4.2Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct4.9Bright
Nov4.6Bright
Dec4.3Bright

Where is Machachi?

Machachi sits at 0.5°S, 78.6°W, 2,905 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Quito, 32 km away.

Topography around Machachi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Machachi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 2,961 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,567 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,652 m.

The land around Machachi is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (35%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
2,567 m
80 km
5,652 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Quito 32 km · Latacunga 47 km · Pujilí 51 km · Pomasqui 53 km · Mindo 56 km · Santo Domingo de los Colorados 73 km · Cayambe 78 km · Ambato 82 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 Machachi (-0.5127°, -78.5707°, elevation 2,905 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).