Mindo weather in November

In November, Mindo sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 412 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in November, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of November to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Mindo's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mindo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 412 mm; 29.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 94%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Mindo is rural area in Pichincha, Ecuador.

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical November day in Mindo reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

	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
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
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23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15

Mindo weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 15°	497	31	12	3.2
Feb	21° / 15°	407	27.9	12	3.2
Mar	21° / 16°	453	31	12	3.2
Apr	21° / 16°	456	30	12	3.2
May	21° / 16°	399	30.9	12	3.2
Jun	21° / 15°	339	29.9	12	3.2
Jul	20° / 15°	371	30.9	12	3.2
Aug	20° / 15°	387	30.9	12	3.2
Sep	20° / 15°	366	29.9	12	3.1
Oct	21° / 15°	380	30.9	12	3.2
Nov	21° / 15°	412	29.1	12	3.3
Dec	21° / 15°	490	30.9	12	3.2

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

	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
Clearer (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
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18	0	100
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27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Mindo gets around 412 mm of rain over 29.1 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 97% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98

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

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the humid band about 80% 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
Comfortable (%)	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18
Humid (%)	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	17	83
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82

Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of November to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:05 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
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:59	5:59
2	12.0	5:59	5:59
3	12.0	5:59	5:59
4	12.0	5:59	5:59
5	12.0	5:59	5:59
6	12.0	5:59	5:59
7	12.0	5:59	5:59
8	12.0	5:59	5:59
9	12.0	5:59	5:59
10	12.0	5:59	5:59
11	12.0	5:59	6:00
12	12.0	6:00	6:00
13	12.0	6:00	6:00
14	12.0	6:00	6:00
15	12.0	6:00	6:00
16	12.0	6:00	6:00
17	12.0	6:01	6:01
18	12.0	6:01	6:01
19	12.0	6:01	6:01
20	12.0	6:01	6:01
21	12.0	6:02	6:02
22	12.0	6:02	6:02
23	12.0	6:02	6:02
24	12.0	6:02	6:03
25	12.0	6:03	6:03
26	12.0	6:03	6:03
27	12.0	6:03	6:04
28	12.0	6:04	6:04
29	12.0	6:04	6:04
30	12.0	6:04	6:05

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 4.2 kWh/m² in August across the year — November's 3.94 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Mindo?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mindo.

What to pack for Mindo in November

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

In November, Mindo sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Mindo in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mindo peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 11 (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)	15	16	16	13	14	12	11	12	13	14	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mindo in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mindo is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	25	26	26	25	23	22	23	29	25	25	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mindo?

Mindo sits at 0.1°S, 78.8°W, 0 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Quito, 34 km away.

Topography around Mindo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mindo has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 743 m around an average of 1,412 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,804 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,792 m.

The land around Mindo is covered by trees (92%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

743 m

trees 92%

16 km

2,804 m

trees 95%

80 km

5,792 m

trees 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← October Mindo year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Quito 34 km · Pomasqui 36 km · Santo Domingo de los Colorados 50 km · Machachi 56 km · Otavalo 65 km · Cayambe 71 km · Atuntaqui 75 km · Ibarra 85 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 Mindo (-0.052°, -78.7763°, elevation 0 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	21	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	21	15
9	21	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15
29	21	15
30	21	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	17	83
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	17	83
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	17	83
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82