Climate and average weather in Manta
In Manta, 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 February.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Manta typically varies from 21°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 20°C or above 31°C. March is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Manta for warm-weather activities is from late May to late December.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 29°
- Coldest
- Aug
- 21°
- Wettest
- Feb
- 138 mm
- Driest
- Aug
- 6 mm
- Rain / yr
- 530 mm
- 83 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.9–12.1 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 3 m
- 0.9°S
- Clearest
- Dec
- 70% cloud
Manta is city of Manabí Province, Ecuador.
- Air quality
- Good
- PM10 27.8 µg/m³ · 2012
- Density
- 4,369/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1534
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Manta 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 late December.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Manta, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Manta stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 29°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 21°C and high of 27°C.
Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| Avg low (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | 24 |
| Feb | 29 | 24 |
| Mar | 29 | 24 |
| Apr | 29 | 24 |
| May | 29 | 24 |
| Jun | 27 | 23 |
| Jul | 27 | 22 |
| Aug | 27 | 21 |
| Sep | 27 | 21 |
| Oct | 27 | 22 |
| Nov | 27 | 22 |
| Dec | 28 | 23 |
How hot and cold Manta really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Manta feels like about 33°C (around March 20). About 79 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| Air high (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Air low (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| Feb | 32 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| Mar | 33 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| Apr | 32 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| May | 31 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| Jun | 29 | 27 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 27 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
| Aug | 27 | 27 | 21 | 21 |
| Sep | 27 | 27 | 21 | 21 |
| Oct | 27 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
| Nov | 29 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
| Dec | 30 | 28 | 23 | 23 |
Average hourly temperature in Manta
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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 21°C.
Manta weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° / 24° | 73 | 11.3 | 12 | 5.3 |
| Feb | 29° / 24° | 138 | 15.9 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Mar | 29° / 24° | 118 | 15.7 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 29° / 24° | 79 | 11.7 | 12 | 5.1 |
| May | 29° / 24° | 33 | 7.6 | 12 | 5.8 |
| Jun | 27° / 23° | 13 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 7.0 |
| Jul | 27° / 22° | 8 | 2.1 | 12 | 7.3 |
| Aug | 27° / 21° | 6 | 1.3 | 12 | 7.5 |
| Sep | 27° / 21° | 9 | 2.5 | 12 | 7.3 |
| Oct | 27° / 22° | 9 | 2.4 | 12 | 7.2 |
| Nov | 27° / 22° | 13 | 2.7 | 12 | 7.1 |
| Dec | 28° / 23° | 32 | 6 | 12.1 | 6.4 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Manta gets about 530 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.7 months, from around Dec 27 to May 19, peaking in February at about 58% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 30.
February is the wettest month by volume, with 138 mm over about 16 wet days; August is the driest, with 6 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 37 | 56 | 50 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| Rain days | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 11 |
| Feb | 56 | 16 |
| Mar | 50 | 16 |
| Apr | 39 | 12 |
| May | 24 | 8 |
| Jun | 12 | 4 |
| Jul | 7 | 2 |
| Aug | 4 | 1 |
| Sep | 8 | 3 |
| Oct | 8 | 2 |
| Nov | 9 | 3 |
| Dec | 19 | 6 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Manta collects about 530 mm of rain across 83 wet days — roughly 44 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 138 mm, while August is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 63% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 73 | 138 | 118 | 79 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| Rain days | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 73 | 11 |
| Feb | 138 | 16 |
| Mar | 118 | 16 |
| Apr | 79 | 12 |
| May | 33 | 8 |
| Jun | 13 | 4 |
| Jul | 8 | 2 |
| Aug | 6 | 1 |
| Sep | 9 | 3 |
| Oct | 9 | 2 |
| Nov | 13 | 3 |
| Dec | 32 | 6 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Manta, 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 July 10 and lasts for 2.4 months, ending around September 20. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 30% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around January 13 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around April 3. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 23 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 30 |
| Cloudier (%) | 77 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 80 | 76 | 70 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 77 |
| Feb | 14 | 86 |
| Mar | 17 | 83 |
| Apr | 25 | 75 |
| May | 21 | 79 |
| Jun | 23 | 77 |
| Jul | 27 | 73 |
| Aug | 30 | 70 |
| Sep | 26 | 74 |
| Oct | 20 | 80 |
| Nov | 24 | 76 |
| Dec | 30 | 70 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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, Manta barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:31 | 6:37 | 6:32 | 6:24 | 6:20 | 6:25 | 6:30 | 6:28 | 6:17 | 6:07 | 6:07 | 6:17 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:34 | 6:38 | 6:33 | 6:23 | 6:18 | 6:22 | 6:27 | 6:26 | 6:17 | 6:09 | 6:09 | 6:21 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 | 6:31 | 6:34 |
| Feb | 12.0 | 6:37 | 6:38 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 6:32 | 6:33 |
| Apr | 12.0 | 6:24 | 6:23 |
| May | 12.0 | 6:20 | 6:18 |
| Jun | 11.9 | 6:25 | 6:22 |
| Jul | 12.0 | 6:30 | 6:27 |
| Aug | 12.0 | 6:28 | 6:26 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 6:17 | 6:17 |
| Oct | 12.0 | 6:07 | 6:09 |
| Nov | 12.0 | 6:07 | 6:09 |
| Dec | 12.1 | 6:17 | 6:21 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Manta averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 4 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 2.4 months, from around Jul 11 to Sep 21. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).
The greyest month is February, down near 1 sunny days — about 73% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 1 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 2 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 3 | Gloomy |
| May | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 3 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 3 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 2 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 2 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 3 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
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.
Manta 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| Muggy (%) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 65 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 74 |
| Oppressive (%) | 67 | 84 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| Miserable (%) | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 30 | 67 | 3 |
| Feb | 0 | 5 | 84 | 10 |
| Mar | 0 | 6 | 79 | 15 |
| Apr | 0 | 11 | 77 | 12 |
| May | 0 | 25 | 70 | 5 |
| Jun | 0 | 65 | 35 | 0 |
| Jul | 6 | 83 | 11 | 0 |
| Aug | 14 | 82 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep | 14 | 82 | 4 | 0 |
| Oct | 12 | 83 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 9 | 85 | 6 | 0 |
| Dec | 2 | 74 | 24 | 0 |
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.
Across the year, average wind speed in Manta is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around May 28 to Dec 28. The windiest month is November, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 29 to May 27, with March the calmest month at about 7 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 7 | calm |
| Mar | 7 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 12 | light breeze |
| Jul | 13 | light breeze |
| Aug | 13 | light breeze |
| Sep | 13 | light breeze |
| Oct | 14 | light breeze |
| Nov | 14 | light breeze |
| Dec | 12 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Manta
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Manta's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Manta
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Manta throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late December, Manta 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. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Manta for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late December, with a peak score in the last week of July.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | good | good | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 | fair |
| Feb | 4.5 | fair |
| Mar | 4.5 | fair |
| Apr | 5.1 | fair |
| May | 5.8 | good |
| Jun | 6.9 | good |
| Jul | 7.3 | good |
| Aug | 7.5 | good |
| Sep | 7.3 | good |
| Oct | 7.2 | good |
| Nov | 7.1 | good |
| Dec | 6.4 | good |
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 Manta for hot-weather activities is from late March to late January, with a peak score in the first week of August.
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 Manta, by month
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.
Manta packs about the same all year — highs hold near 29°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In March, Manta sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Manta
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 26°C and coldest in September near 24°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Comfort | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | Warm |
| Feb | 26 | Warm |
| Mar | 26 | Warm |
| Apr | 26 | Warm |
| May | 26 | Warm |
| Jun | 26 | Warm |
| Jul | 25 | Warm |
| Aug | 25 | Warm |
| Sep | 24 | Warm |
| Oct | 25 | Warm |
| Nov | 25 | Warm |
| Dec | 25 | Warm |
UV index (midday) in Manta by month
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 Manta peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (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) | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | Extreme |
| Feb | 15 | Extreme |
| Mar | 15 | Extreme |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 11 | Extreme |
| Dec | 11 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Manta
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 8 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 8 | 6 |
| Jun | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Dec | 8 | 5.5 |
Growing season
Manta is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Manta banks about 5,564 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 499 | 459 | 517 | 495 | 497 | 450 | 444 | 433 | 419 | 440 | 435 | 476 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 499 |
| Feb | 459 |
| Mar | 517 |
| Apr | 495 |
| May | 497 |
| Jun | 450 |
| Jul | 444 |
| Aug | 433 |
| Sep | 419 |
| Oct | 440 |
| Nov | 435 |
| Dec | 476 |
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.
Manta receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.1 and 5.2 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 | Bright |
| Feb | 4.5 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.1 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.1 | Bright |
| May | 4.5 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.2 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.2 | Bright |
| Aug | 4.7 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.0 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.0 | Bright |
| Nov | 5.1 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.9 | Bright |
Where is Manta?
Manta sits at 0.9°S, 80.7°W, 3 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Montecristi, 13 km away.
Topography around Manta
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Manta.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Manta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 607 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m.
The land around Manta is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (51%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (33%) within 80 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 Manta (-0.9494°, -80.7314°, elevation 3 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).