Climate and average weather in Zamora

In Zamora, 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 February.

Best: mid March to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Zamora typically varies from 11°C to 21°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 23°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Nov
21°
Coldest
Jul
11°
Wettest
Feb
191 mm
Driest
Sep
97 mm
Rain / yr
1776 mm
300 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
979 m
4.1°S
Clearest
Aug
69% cloud

Zamora is city in Ecuador, capital of the Zamora Chinchipe Province.

Density
3,425/km²
people per km²
Founded
1549

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

Zamora 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 mid March to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Zamora stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 21°C and low of 13°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 11°C and high of 17°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2113
Feb2113
Mar2113
Apr2013
May2013
Jun1812
Jul1711
Aug1811
Sep1912
Oct2013
Nov2113
Dec2113

Average hourly temperature in Zamora

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 November afternoons, near 21°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 11°C.

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

Zamora 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
Jan21° / 13°17326.112.23.9
Feb21° / 13°19124.912.13.7
Mar21° / 13°17728.2123.6
Apr20° / 13°16226.711.93.7
May20° / 13°14025.511.83.9
Jun18° / 12°1562411.83.9
Jul17° / 11°14924.911.83.7
Aug18° / 11°10822.811.94.1
Sep19° / 12°9723.1124.2
Oct20° / 13°12225.112.14.1
Nov21° / 13°13922.312.24.3
Dec21° / 13°16225.912.24.0

Chance of rain

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

Zamora gets about 1776 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 5.2 months, from around Dec 11 to May 16, peaking in March at about 92% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 24.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 191 mm over about 25 wet days; September is the driest, with 97 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 3 · 92%Aug 24 · 73%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8526
Feb8925
Mar9128
Apr8927
May8326
Jun7924
Jul8025
Aug7523
Sep7623
Oct8025
Nov7522
Dec8326

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Zamora collects about 1776 mm of rain across 300 wet days — roughly 148 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 191 mm, while September is the driest at just 97 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec17319117716214015614910897122139162
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan17326
Feb19125
Mar17728
Apr16227
May14026
Jun15624
Jul14925
Aug10823
Sep9723
Oct12225
Nov13922
Dec16226

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Zamora, 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 May 14 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around October 23. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 33% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 24 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around May 13. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% 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 20 · 34%Mar 2 · 2%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb595
Mar397
Apr892
May1684
Jun2080
Jul2377
Aug3367
Sep2872
Oct1882
Nov1486
Dec1189

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, Zamora barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.26:196:31
Feb12.16:266:34
Mar12.06:256:26
Apr11.96:196:13
May11.86:186:07
Jun11.86:236:09
Jul11.86:286:15
Aug11.96:246:16
Sep12.06:116:09
Oct12.15:586:04
Nov12.25:556:07
Dec12.26:056:19

Sunny days

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

Zamora gets about 1 sunny days a month gloomy — and it barely shifts through the year, holding between 0 and 3 days every month. Clear skies here are a flat line, not a season.

05JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgloomyAug 283 daysFeb 120 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb0Gloomy
Mar0Gloomy
Apr0Gloomy
May1Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul2Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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 Zamora, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 3% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan15842
Feb10863
Mar9873
Apr9883
May12861
Jun37630
Jul66340
Aug70300
Sep47530
Oct24760
Nov22762
Dec16831

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 5 · 6 km/hNov 22 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar4calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Zamora

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Zamora 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. In Zamora it holds close to 4.4 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
Jan3.9fair
Feb3.7fair
Mar3.6fair
Apr3.7fair
May3.9fair
Jun3.9fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug4.1fair
Sep4.2fair
Oct4.1fair
Nov4.3fair
Dec4.0fair

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 Zamora for hot-weather activities is from mid October to late January, with a peak score in the last week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 23 · 2.8

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 Zamora, 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.

Zamora packs about the same all year — highs hold near 21°C. Across the year the things worth having are rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, Zamora sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Zamora 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 Zamora peaks around February 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 17Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb17Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Zamora

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 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
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr86.5
May86.5
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86
Oct8.56.5
Nov86.5
Dec86.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Zamora 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. Zamora banks about 2,214 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around December.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan215
Feb196
Mar216
Apr202
May192
Jun149
Jul127
Aug133
Sep159
Oct196
Nov211
Dec218

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.

Zamora receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 3.9 and 5.3 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightOct 195.3 kWhJun 223.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.6Bright
Feb4.5Bright
Mar4.4Bright
Apr4.3Bright
May4.2Bright
Jun3.9Moderate
Jul4.1Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.3Bright
Nov5.3Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Zamora?

Zamora sits at 4.1°S, 79.0°W, 979 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Loja, 29 km away.

PasajeCuencaSanta Rosa

Topography around Zamora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zamora has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m around an average of 1,102 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,702 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,531 m.

The land around Zamora is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
833 m
16 km
2,702 m
80 km
3,531 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Loja 29 km · Vilcabamba 37 km · Catamayo 46 km · Cariamanga 73 km · Piñas 92 km · Pasaje 126 km · Cuenca 130 km · Santa Rosa 131 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 Zamora (-4.0645°, -78.9512°, elevation 979 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).