Climate and average weather in Puerto Ayora
In Puerto Ayora, the weather is muggy, hot, showery, and partly 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 Puerto Ayora typically varies from 20°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 18°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 Puerto Ayora for warm-weather activities is from late May to late December.
- Hottest
- Mar
- 30°
- Coldest
- Aug
- 20°
- Wettest
- Feb
- 111 mm
- Driest
- Sep
- 1 mm
- Rain / yr
- 462 mm
- 78 wet days
- Daylight
- 12.0–12.0 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 0 m
- 0.7°S
- Clearest
- Mar
- 55% cloud
Puerto Ayora is city of Galágagos islands, Ecuador.
- Density
- 3,847/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1926
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Puerto Ayora 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 Puerto Ayora, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Puerto Ayora stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is March, with an average high of 30°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 20°C and high of 25°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) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Avg low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 23 |
| Feb | 29 | 24 |
| Mar | 30 | 25 |
| Apr | 29 | 24 |
| May | 28 | 23 |
| Jun | 27 | 22 |
| Jul | 26 | 21 |
| Aug | 25 | 20 |
| Sep | 25 | 20 |
| Oct | 25 | 20 |
| Nov | 26 | 21 |
| Dec | 27 | 22 |
How hot and cold Puerto Ayora 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, Puerto Ayora feels like about 33°C (around March 23). About 52 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) | 30 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Air high (°C) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Air low (°C) | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 28 | 23 | 23 |
| Feb | 32 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| Mar | 33 | 30 | 24 | 25 |
| Apr | 32 | 29 | 24 | 24 |
| May | 30 | 28 | 23 | 23 |
| Jun | 27 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
| Jul | 26 | 26 | 21 | 21 |
| Aug | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| Oct | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| Nov | 26 | 26 | 21 | 21 |
| Dec | 27 | 27 | 22 | 22 |
Average hourly temperature in Puerto Ayora
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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 20°C.
Puerto Ayora 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 | 28° / 23° | 53 | 11.6 | 12 | 5.7 |
| Feb | 29° / 24° | 111 | 14.7 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Mar | 30° / 25° | 95 | 13.8 | 12 | 4.8 |
| Apr | 29° / 24° | 109 | 13.5 | 12 | 5.0 |
| May | 28° / 23° | 34 | 9.6 | 12 | 6.0 |
| Jun | 27° / 22° | 15 | 4.3 | 12 | 7.1 |
| Jul | 26° / 21° | 5 | 1.8 | 12 | 7.6 |
| Aug | 25° / 20° | 3 | 0.8 | 12 | 7.9 |
| Sep | 25° / 20° | 1 | 0.3 | 12 | 7.9 |
| Oct | 25° / 20° | 2 | 0.9 | 12 | 8.0 |
| Nov | 26° / 21° | 5 | 1.4 | 12 | 7.8 |
| Dec | 27° / 22° | 30 | 5.1 | 12 | 7.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Puerto Ayora gets about 462 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 5.0 months, from around Dec 24 to May 23, peaking in February at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 16.
February is the wettest month by volume, with 111 mm over about 15 wet days; September is the driest, with 1 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 38 | 53 | 45 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| Rain days | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 12 |
| Feb | 53 | 15 |
| Mar | 45 | 14 |
| Apr | 45 | 14 |
| May | 31 | 10 |
| Jun | 14 | 4 |
| Jul | 6 | 2 |
| Aug | 2 | 1 |
| Sep | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 5 | 1 |
| Dec | 17 | 5 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Puerto Ayora collects about 462 mm of rain across 78 wet days — roughly 39 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 111 mm, while September is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 68% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 53 | 111 | 95 | 109 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| Rain days | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 12 |
| Feb | 111 | 15 |
| Mar | 95 | 14 |
| Apr | 109 | 14 |
| May | 34 | 10 |
| Jun | 15 | 4 |
| Jul | 5 | 2 |
| Aug | 3 | 1 |
| Sep | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 5 | 1 |
| Dec | 30 | 5 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Puerto Ayora, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around January 27 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around May 1. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 53% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around December 9 and lasts for 1.6 months, ending around January 26. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 75% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 28 | 42 | 53 | 43 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 37 | 39 | 30 |
| Cloudier (%) | 72 | 58 | 47 | 57 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 63 | 61 | 70 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 72 |
| Feb | 42 | 58 |
| Mar | 53 | 47 |
| Apr | 43 | 57 |
| May | 28 | 72 |
| Jun | 26 | 74 |
| Jul | 25 | 75 |
| Aug | 27 | 73 |
| Sep | 25 | 75 |
| Oct | 37 | 63 |
| Nov | 39 | 61 |
| 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, Puerto Ayora barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 hours 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 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:09 | 6:15 | 6:11 | 6:02 | 5:59 | 6:03 | 6:08 | 6:06 | 5:56 | 5:46 | 5:45 | 5:56 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:12 | 6:17 | 6:11 | 6:01 | 5:56 | 6:00 | 6:06 | 6:05 | 5:55 | 5:47 | 5:48 | 5:59 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 | 6:09 | 6:12 |
| Feb | 12.0 | 6:15 | 6:17 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 6:11 | 6:11 |
| Apr | 12.0 | 6:02 | 6:01 |
| May | 12.0 | 5:59 | 5:56 |
| Jun | 12.0 | 6:03 | 6:00 |
| Jul | 12.0 | 6:08 | 6:06 |
| Aug | 12.0 | 6:06 | 6:05 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 5:56 | 5:55 |
| Oct | 12.0 | 5:46 | 5:47 |
| Nov | 12.0 | 5:45 | 5:48 |
| Dec | 12.0 | 5:56 | 5:59 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Puerto Ayora averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 9 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 2.7 months, from around Feb 5 to Apr 28. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 2 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the March peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 5 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 9 | Mixed |
| Apr | 6 | Gloomy |
| May | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 2 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 2 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 2 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 5 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 5 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 4 | 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.
In Puerto Ayora, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around December 3 to August 3. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 4 to December 2, and October is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 20% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2 |
| Humid (%) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 54 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 29 |
| Muggy (%) | 59 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 58 | 68 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 57 |
| Oppressive (%) | 33 | 63 | 61 | 58 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Miserable (%) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 4 | 59 | 33 | 3 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 32 | 63 | 4 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 35 | 61 | 4 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 38 | 58 | 4 |
| May | 0 | 3 | 58 | 38 | 1 |
| Jun | 0 | 21 | 68 | 11 | 0 |
| Jul | 2 | 54 | 41 | 3 | 0 |
| Aug | 8 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep | 14 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct | 20 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 11 | 64 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Dec | 2 | 29 | 57 | 11 | 1 |
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 Puerto Ayora is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around May 20 to Dec 23. The windiest month is July, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 24 to May 19, with March the calmest month at about 9 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| Feels | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | light breeze |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 9 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 13 | light breeze |
| Jun | 16 | light breeze |
| Jul | 17 | light breeze |
| Aug | 17 | light breeze |
| Sep | 17 | light breeze |
| Oct | 17 | light breeze |
| Nov | 17 | light breeze |
| Dec | 15 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Puerto Ayora
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Puerto Ayora throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late May, Puerto Ayora 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 Puerto Ayora for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late December, with a peak score in the third week of October.
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) | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.0 |
| Rating | good | fair | fair | fair | good | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 | good |
| Feb | 4.7 | fair |
| Mar | 4.8 | fair |
| Apr | 5.0 | fair |
| May | 6.0 | good |
| Jun | 7.1 | good |
| Jul | 7.6 | ideal |
| Aug | 7.9 | ideal |
| Sep | 7.9 | ideal |
| Oct | 8.0 | ideal |
| Nov | 7.8 | ideal |
| Dec | 7.0 | 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 Puerto Ayora for hot-weather activities is from late February to early February, with a peak score in the last week of October.
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 Puerto Ayora, 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.
Puerto Ayora packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In March, Puerto Ayora sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Puerto Ayora
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 15 km away) is warmest in March at about 27°C and coldest in August near 22°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) | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Comfort | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 | Warm |
| Feb | 27 | Warm |
| Mar | 27 | Warm |
| Apr | 26 | Warm |
| May | 25 | Warm |
| Jun | 24 | Refreshing |
| Jul | 23 | Refreshing |
| Aug | 22 | Refreshing |
| Sep | 22 | Refreshing |
| Oct | 22 | Refreshing |
| Nov | 23 | Refreshing |
| Dec | 23 | Refreshing |
UV index (midday) in Puerto Ayora 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 Puerto Ayora peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 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) | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 16 | Extreme |
| Mar | 15 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 12 | Extreme |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Puerto Ayora
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 February 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 7 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6.5 |
| Nov | 8 | 6 |
| Dec | 8 | 6 |
Growing season
Puerto Ayora 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. Puerto Ayora banks about 5,302 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) | 484 | 464 | 529 | 496 | 482 | 431 | 413 | 390 | 373 | 394 | 400 | 446 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 484 |
| Feb | 464 |
| Mar | 529 |
| Apr | 496 |
| May | 482 |
| Jun | 431 |
| Jul | 413 |
| Aug | 390 |
| Sep | 373 |
| Oct | 394 |
| Nov | 400 |
| Dec | 446 |
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.
Puerto Ayora receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.4 and 6.9 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around Jan 15 to May 9. The brightest month is March, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is July, down near 5.4 kWh/m² — roughly 21% less than the March peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.5 | Intense |
| Mar | 6.9 | Intense |
| Apr | 6.5 | Intense |
| May | 6.0 | Bright |
| Jun | 5.6 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.4 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.6 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.0 | Bright |
| Oct | 6.3 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.1 | Intense |
| Dec | 5.9 | Bright |
Where is Puerto Ayora?
Puerto Ayora sits at 0.7°S, 90.3°W, 0 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Salinas, 1,053 km away.
Topography around Puerto Ayora
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Puerto Ayora.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Ayora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 35 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 856 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 897 m.
The land around Puerto Ayora is covered by trees (55%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (86%) 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 Puerto Ayora (-0.7402°, -90.3138°, 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. 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).