Climate and average weather in Pujilí

In Pujilí, 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 June to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pujilí typically varies from 4°C to 15°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 18°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Pujilí for warm-weather activities is from late June to early October.

Hottest
Sep
15°
Coldest
Jun
Wettest
Mar
191 mm
Driest
Aug
12 mm
Rain / yr
1236 mm
183 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,944 m
1.0°S
Clearest
Aug
72% cloud

Pujilí is place in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.

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

Pujilí 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 June to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Pujilí stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 15°C and low of 4°C; the coolest is June, with an average low of 5°C and high of 14°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan145
Feb145
Mar145
Apr145
May145
Jun145
Jul144
Aug154
Sep154
Oct155
Nov145
Dec145

Average hourly temperature in Pujilí

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 15°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Pujilí 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
Jan14° / 14018.4123.2
Feb14° / 14018.4123.1
Mar14° / 19123.9122.7
Apr14° / 15220.8122.8
May14° / 8315.3123.4
Jun14° / 35911.93.8
Jul14° / 225.7124.2
Aug15° / 122.9124.9
Sep15° / 326.8124.8
Oct15° / 10817.4123.5
Nov14° / 16123122.7
Dec14° / 16121.812.12.9

Chance of rain

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

Pujilí gets about 1236 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 7.0 months, from around Oct 10 to May 11, peaking in March at about 81% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 21.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 191 mm over about 24 wet days; August is the driest, with 12 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 23 · 81%Aug 21 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan6018
Feb6518
Mar7624
Apr7021
May4915
Jun319
Jul176
Aug103
Sep237
Oct5717
Nov7623
Dec7022

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pujilí collects about 1236 mm of rain across 183 wet days — roughly 103 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 191 mm, while August is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1401401911528335221232108161161
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan14018
Feb14018
Mar19124
Apr15221
May8315
Jun359
Jul226
Aug123
Sep327
Oct10817
Nov16123
Dec16122

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Pujilí, 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 6 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around October 5. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 23% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 6 and lasts for 8.0 months, ending around June 5. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% 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 3 · 27%Apr 6 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb694
Mar199
Apr199
May595
Jun1387
Jul2179
Aug2377
Sep1783
Oct892
Nov595
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, Pujilí barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.06:236:26
Feb12.06:286:30
Mar12.06:246:25
Apr12.06:166:14
May12.06:126:10
Jun11.96:176:13
Jul12.06:226:19
Aug12.06:206:18
Sep12.06:096:09
Oct12.05:596:00
Nov12.05:596:01
Dec12.16:096:13

Sunny days

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

Pujilí gets about 1 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 42 daysFeb 240 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May0Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
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 Pujilí, 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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Pujilí is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around May 18 to Oct 1. The windiest month is July, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 2 to May 17, with November the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 31 · 11 km/hNov 16 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May8calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep9calm
Oct7calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Pujilí

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Pujilí

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early July, Pujilí 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 Pujilí for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to early October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 29 · 5.0

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
Jan3.2poor
Feb3.1poor
Mar2.7poor
Apr2.8poor
May3.4poor
Jun3.8fair
Jul4.3fair
Aug4.9fair
Sep4.7fair
Oct3.5poor
Nov2.7poor
Dec2.9poor

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

Pujilí packs about the same all year — highs hold near 15°C. Across the year the things worth having are a warm layer, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Pujilí sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Pujilí 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 Pujilí peaks around February 21 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 13 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 21UV 19Jul 14UV 13
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar18Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May15Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Pujilí

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 February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 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
May86.5
Jun86.5
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86.5
Oct8.57
Nov86.5
Dec86.5

Air quality in Pujilí 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 Pujilí 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

Pujilí 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. Pujilí banks about 0 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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.

Pujilí receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.7 and 5.8 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 155.8 kWhMay 284.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.1Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar5.0Bright
Apr4.9Bright
May4.8Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.6Bright
Sep5.8Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.2Bright
Dec5.0Bright

Where is Pujilí?

Pujilí sits at 1.0°S, 78.7°W, 2,944 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Latacunga, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Pujilí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pujilí has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 488 m around an average of 2,989 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,779 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,188 m.

The land around Pujilí is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
488 m
16 km
1,779 m
80 km
6,188 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Latacunga 9.0 km · Ambato 34 km · Pelileo 45 km · Machachi 51 km · Banos 58 km · La Maná 59 km · Valencia 73 km · Guaranda 78 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 Pujilí (-0.9576°, -78.6964°, elevation 2,944 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).